Sudan announces ceasefire in S Kordofan

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir announced yesterday a two-week unilateral cease-fire in the country's main oil-producing state of Southern Kordofan, after weeks of fighting between government troops and rebels.
Southern Kordofan holds most of Sudan's remaining known oil reserves, after the country's south seceded last month, taking its oilfields with it.
Activists have accused Khartoum of launching airstrikes and attacks, targeting the state's ethnic Nuba group, in a bid to stamp out opposition in the wake of the independence of South Sudan.