In news from the Sudan, the UN’s emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland, visited refugee camps in Darfur on Monday. He praised last week’s peace deal but warned about the present conditions.

• Jan Egeland: “In Darfur today the situation is deteriorating. That is why the Abuja Peace Accord is the right signal of hope and change in this situation. What we hope and believe is that all of the groups, all of the rebel movements will join and that we can now start the long uphill road towards peace — the United Nations would help in this, the humanitarian organizations will help in this, we should all help in this. At the same time I’ve seen how badly we need more resources to the humanitarian work. We have too little food now to give full rations to all of the people in the next few months.”

UN’s emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland was forced to cut short his trip to Darfur after riots broke out and an interpreter for the African Union was killed. Meanwhile in Washington, President Bush called on Congress to spend an additional $225 million on food aid to Sudan.