Independent Mali

2010-10-22T11:28:29Z

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Sudan welcomes Obama envoy call for sanctions end

2010-04-16T11:04:17Z

Sudan on Friday welcomed a statement by the US Special Envoy that there was "no evidence" to support keeping it on a US terrorism blacklist that triggers punishing economic sanctions.

Retired general Scott Gration said such measures, aimed at punishing the Khartoum government, were "actually hurting the very development" needed to keep ...

Obama envoy: Sudan work hurt by US sanctions

2010-04-16T11:04:42Z

The US special envoy for Sudan on Thursday sharply assailed the country's inclusion on a US terrorism blacklist, saying it triggered painful sanctions that crippled economic development efforts.

Scott Gration, a retired US air force general, bluntly told lawmakers "there's no evidence in our intelligence community that supports (Sudan) being on the state sponsors of terrorism. It's a...

Congressional black caucus fasts for Darfur

2010-06-25T22:18:45Z

Black Congress members go without food, seek visit with Obama to press for aid for Darfur

Inspired by actress Mia Farrow, members of Congress announced Tuesday that they were beginning a limited hunger strike to show solidarity with the people in Sudan's Darfur region and demand

Sudan 'optimistic' about Obama despite bad Clinton memories

2010-06-26T02:55:49Z

Sudan is optimistic about relations with US President Barack Obama but has bad memories of the administration of ex-president Bill Clinton, whose wife Hillary is the new US secretary of state.

"We are hopeful, we are optimistic," foreign ministry spokesman Darfur advocates see 'dream team' in Obama, national security nominees

Human rights activists waging a high-profile campaign to end the violence in Sudan's western Darfur region are pushing President-elect Barack Obama and his team to re-energize efforts to end the nearly six-year conflict.

Even before Obama takes offi...

Documenting Dafur

2010-10-19T12:54:54Z

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Dave Eggers, the Lost Boys of Sudan, and the Church

2010-10-23T10:02:12Z

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Senate panel backs efforts against Sudan

2010-09-10T04:21:43Z

Senate Committee Supports State, Local Efforts to Pressure Sudan to Ease Suffering

The Senate Banking Committee unanimously approved legislation Wednesday endorsing some state and local gove...

South Sudan Bashir

2011-01-04T05:30:43Z

Pro-separation activists hold signs and chant pro-independence slogans outside the Juba airport in southern Sudan where Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. President Bashir and his government in Khartoum support the ongoing unity of Sudan, a position fiercely contested by south...

APTOPIX South Sudan Bashir

2011-01-04T03:31:28Z

The President of the Republic of Sudan Omar al-Bashir, center, is escorted by Salva Kiir Mayardit, the Vice President of the Republic of Sudan , left,as he arrives at the airport in the southern Sudanese capital of Juba on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Bashir visited Juba just five days before southerners are se...

Mideast Sudan Referendum

2011-01-04T00:31:29Z

In this photo taken Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, and released by the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) on Monday, Jan. 3, 2010, showing local people gathering as voting material is unloaded from a UNMIS helicopter at Tali, in southern Sudan, because the area is inaccessible by road. Referendum voting begins Jan. 9, 2011, in a vote to determine if Justice Chan Reec Madut, center, the chairman of the Southern Sudan Referendum Bureau, discusses registration and referendum preparation issues during a press conference in Juba, southern Sudan, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. The Jan. 9 poll will decide whether Sudan's...

Cavaliers Bulls Basketball

2011-01-01T19:01:11Z

Chicago Bulls' Luol Deng, left, of Sudan, blocks a shot by Cleveland Cavaliers' Anthony Parker during the first quarter of an NBA<...

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