Sudan: U.S. Officials Hopeful

Washington — American officials who recently visited Sudan and Southern Sudan said they saw encouraging signs despite their political and economic challenges.

Rajiv Shah, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), toured the countries with development officials from the United Kingdom and Norway. At the State Department on May 18, he said he is encouraged by positive developments in Southern Sudan, "especially with commitments that the Southern Sudanese have made to transparent governance, to having an integrated development strategy, to working with donor partners and development partners in a coordinated way."

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