Sudan's powerful presidential adviser Majzoub al-Khalifa, who was key to signing last year's Darfur peace accord, died in a car accident in northern Sudan on Wednesday. "He died in a car accident on his way to Shendi. He and his brother were killed and other members of his family were injured," a presidential source said.
No other vehicle was involved in the accident, which appeared to be the result of a blown tyre, the source added. The state news agency (SUNA) said Khalifa, born in 1952, and his brother would be buried in his home town of Taybat al-Khawad later on Wednesday.
Khalifa was one of the main interlocutors in the Darfur peace process and head of the government negotiating team in talks which led to the signing of a 2006 peace deal for Sudan's Darfur region between the government and one rebel faction. The accident happened at about 4:30 am (0130 GMT) on Wednesday.
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