In news from Africa, a United Nations panel has accused the Sudanese government of violating a U.N. arms embargo by flying military aircraft, weapons and ammunition into Darfur. The report claims that Sudan is transporting the military aid in planes disguised to look like U.N. aircraft. The Sudanese government says the report is based on fabrications. On Wednesday, President Bush warned Sudan’s government it has one last chance to stop violence in Darfur or else the United States will impose sanctions and consider other punitive options.

President Bush: “I have spoken in the past about the need to end Sudan’s use of military aircraft to attack innocent civilians. We’re also looking at what steps the international community could take to deny Sudan’s government the ability to fly its military aircraft over Darfur. And if we do not begin to see signs of good faith and commitments, we will hear calls for even sterner measures. The situation doesn’t have to come to that.”

President Bush made the comments in a speech at the U.S. Holocaust Museum.