Diplomats sign joint agreement to deliver aid to South Kordofan and the Blue Nile states in Khartoum
Sudanese Government Representative Suleiman Abdul Rahman (L), Arab League Ambassador Salah Halima (2nd L), United Nations Envoy Haile Menkerios and African Union Representative Mahmoud Kan (R) sign a joint agreement to deliver aid to South Kordofan and the Blue Nile states in Khartoum August 5, 2012. Sudan agreed on Sunday to allow aid into two rebel-held southern border states where humanitarian groups say fighting has left civilians facing an impending famine. The move came a day after Sudan reached a deal with South Sudan over oil transit fees, a first step to ending a dispute which had brought the hostile neighbours close to war in April. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY CONFLICT)