Khartoum: Five local Sudanese officials were killed today (December 9) in a helicopter crash near the border with Ethiopia.
Al Qadarif governor Mirghani Saleh, his cabinet chief, the local minister of agriculture as well as the local police chief and head of border guards were killed, state television said.
It did not give details about the circumstances of the crash near the border with Ethiopia, or say if there were any survivors.
Sudan's state news agency SUNA gave a slightly higher toll of six government officials killed.
The victims were among 11 passengers on the helicopter.