Sudan finds oil in strife-torn Darfur region

Sudan has discovered an oil field expected to produce 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day by August this year in the Darfur region, a cabinet minister revealed in Khartoum Saturday.

However, the announcement made by the minister of energy and Mining Awad Ahmed Al-Jazz at a news conference did not surprise many oil experts here because previous reports had indicated the region has untapped oil, gold, iron , silver as well as natural gas.