June 11 (UPI) -- The United States' top diplomat in Africa will be going to Sudan this week to ease tensions between the ruling military and opposition forces, the State Department said.
In a statement, the State Department said Monday that Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Tibor Nagy will be traveling to Sudan to meet with members of the ruling Transitional Military Council and the Forces for Freedom and Change to "call for a cessation of attacks against civilians and urge parties to work toward creating an enabling environment" for talks between the two sides to resume.