1The 16-year-old Government of Sudan was overthrown today in a military coup. The takeover came while the President was out of the country and was the culmination of more than a week of demonstrations and strikes touched off by increased food prices and growing disaffection with President Gaafar al-Nimeiry's Government.

2The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Pérez de Cuéllar is to visit Iran and Iraq to try to find a way to resolve the Gulf War.

3A Black youth has been found dead after further clashes between Police and Black rioters in South Africa's troubled Eastern Cape province.

4Prime Minister David Lange is now in Zambia for a three-day visit.

5Independence groups from France's overseas territories around the world plan to make a joint approach to the United Nations (UN) for help in ending French rule.

6Around fifty police officers raided a Christchurch gang headquarters today and say they gained valuable information related to the shotgun killing of a gang associate last week.