In news from Africa, the Sudanese government has publicly confirmed it is now working with the Bush administration and the CIA. Sudan’s National Security and Intelligence Department issued a statement on Sunday revealing that General Salah Abdullah, held “successful talks recently with his counterparts at the Central Intelligence Agency.” On Friday the Los Angeles Times revealed that the U.S. had quietly normalized relations with Sudan despite the government’s role in the mass killings in Darfur. Eight months ago former Secretary of State Colin Powell accused the Sudanese of carrying out a genocide in Darfur. Already 180,000 have died in the region from fighting or hunger. The aid agency Oxfam is now warning that the humanitarian crisis in Darfur will continue until at least late next year.