UN begins talks in Sudan to resolve post-coup crisis

The UN plan amounts to the only substantial effort at present to resolve the political crisis in Sudan.

The United Nations said it was starting consultations in Sudan on Monday to try to salvage the country's move to democracy after a military coup.

UN officials were contacting parties to look for a way forward, and the army had raised no objections to the initiative, UN special representative Volker Perthes told reporters. "We want to move quickly," he said.