Torrential rains kill 17 in war-torn northern Sudan

Khartoum, Sudan - Heavy rains have triggered building collapses that have killed 17 people in northern Sudan, as the country reels from almost 16 months of fighting between rival security forces, a medic told AFP on Tuesday.

'The number of victims has risen to 17,' said an employee at a hospital in Abu Hamad, a small town in Sudan's River Nile state, some 400 kilometers north of Khartoum.

'The power is out