The World - News from Aug. 25, 1986
Up to two million people face starvation in southern Sudan, where the downing of a civilian airliner by rebels eight days ago has dimmed hopes for a negotiated end to a three-year-old bush war, officials in Cairo said. The downing of the Sudan Airways plane that killed all 60 aboard dealt a blow to peace talks between the government of Prime Minister Sadek Mahdi and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army. Relief agencies were forced to suspend airlifting food to the south because of the fighting and poor communications.
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