Sudan's Fragile Truce Threatened by Rampaging Fighters and Air Strikes.

Armed fighters continue to rampage through Sudan's war-torn Darfur region despite the extension of a fragile truce between the country's two top generals. The violence in the city of Genena highlights how the generals' fight for control in the capital, Khartoum, is spiraling into violence in other parts of Sudan. The cease-fire has not stopped the fighting but created enough of a lull for tens of thousands of Sudanese to flee to safer areas and for foreign nations to evacuate thousands of their citizens by land, air, and sea. The U.S. State Department released a statement welcoming the cease-fire and the two sides' "readiness to engage in dialogue toward establishing a more durable cessation of hostilities and ensuring unimpeded humanitarian access."