virtually

all parts of the country, there were similar scenes on this first Friday of Ramadan. The uprising shows no sign of

flag

ging as it approaches its fifth month.

The Sudanese government has blocked a shipment of oil from the new Republic of South Sudan, accusing the authorities there of failing to pay customs duties. Relations between the two countries have worsened since the South became independent last month. Mary Harper reports.

A spokesman for the Sudanese foreign ministry said a ship carrying 600,000 barrels of oil was being held at the northern export hub of Port Sudan. It would not be allowed to leave, he said, until South Sudan paid customs fees. This is the latest stage in the deterioration of relations between the two countries. Several issues remain unresolved, including how to divide oil revenues. Seventy-five per cent of the oil reserves are in South Sudan, but as it's landlocked, it has to export it via the north.

At least seven people have been killed by government troops in the Somali capital Mogadishu during disturbances at a camp for those displaced by the famine. The trouble started when residents of the camp tried to stop government soldiers from taking emergency UN food supplies. A BBC correspondent in Mogadishu said the soldiers

made off

with two truckloads of food.

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A federal jury in the United States has convicted five former police officers in connection with the shooting of six unarmed people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Two of the civilians died. Four police officers were found guilty of civil rights violations but cleared of murder. Marcus George reports from Washington.