In Sudan, five people were killed and seven wounded including a minister in the country's southern regional government, when a gunbattle erupted between rival ethnic groups. Official sources said that gunmen ambushed the convoy of the south's agriculture and forestry minister Mr. Samson Kwaje on Monday.<br/><br/>The attackers also burned two vehicles in the minister's convoy but extra troops have now been deployed and have secured the area. <br/><br/>