Sudan Ministers Dead in Crash

Thirty-one Sudanese government officials, including two state ministers, were killed Sunday after their plane crashed, state television reported. “All people on board were killed,” said Sudan aviation authority spokesman Abdelhafiz Abdelrahim, when the plane was landing at an airport southwest of Khartoum. The spokesman said “an explosion was heard, and the plane was destroyed,” though another official told state media that the plane “crashed into a hill.” The officials were on their way to celebrations to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.