May 30, 2002
Sudan: U.S. Diplomat Posted To Khartoum
Jeffery Millington, formerly State Department Director for East African Affairs, has been posted to Sudan as United States charge d'affaires. Millington is the first American… Read more »
May 22, 2002
Sudan: US Throws Weight Behind Igad-led Peace Process
The U.S. has apparently decided to throw more of its political and financial weight behind Kenyan-led efforts within the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) aimed at… Read more »
April 09, 2002
Sudan: No Training Camps Planned, Says Envoy
"We are not going to operate any camps to train terrorists in our country," Sudan's ambassador to the United States, Khidir Haroun Ahmed, told allAfrica.com. "But the Sudanese… Read more »
March 26, 2002
Sudan: Government, Rebels Sign Promise not to Target Civilians
The government of Sudan and the rebel Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement and Army (SPLA/M) signed off on an agreement banning deliberate, targeted attacks on civilians, Tuesday.… Read more »
February 21, 2002
Sudan: US Suspends Talks on Peace Process Over Attacks on Civilians
The United States has suspended discussions with the government of Sudan in protest at a helicopter gunship attack on a World Food Program (WFP) food distribution center,… Read more »
February 14, 2002
Sudan: US Should "Supervise" Peace Talks - Foreign Minister
Both the Khartoum government and SPLA rebels are willing to talk peace, but they won't sit down at the table unless the United States brings them together and supervises peace… Read more »
January 17, 2002
Somalia: No Need for Military Action, Says Sudan Envoy
The Sudanese government has recently hosted the Igad regional summit which called for stepping up the fight against terrorism. Sudanese officials say all governments in the region,… Read more »
December 07, 2001
Sudan: Did US Ignore Khartoum Offer to Help Stop Bin Laden?
Did the Clinton Administration miss the chance to stop Osama Bin Laden in Sudan? Read more »
November 28, 2001
Sudan: U.S. Team To Khartoum Next Week
A seven-person U.S. "technical team" will head to Sudan December 7 to follow-up on peace proposals made by President Bush's special peace envoy, former Senator John Danforth. The… Read more »
November 21, 2001
Africa: Clinton's Africa Secretary Reviews Record, Doubts Sudan Peace Prospects
President Bush's special peace envoy to Sudan, former Senator John Danforth, is "absolutely right" to be doubtful about the chances of reaching a peace settlement, says former… Read more »
November 19, 2001
Sudan: 'We're Not a Terrorist State,' Says Khartoum's Ambassador
At the end of a three-day visit to Sudan, U.S. envoy John Danforth seemed pessimistic about any immediate prospects for a settlement of the civil war, telling reporters at a press… Read more »
November 16, 2001
Sudan: U.S. House Names Conferees to Resolve "Peace Act" Differences
In an unexpected action Thursday, 15 House members were named by Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) to serve on a conference committee to resolve differing House and Senate versions of… Read more »
November 14, 2001
Sudan: Bush Envoy Begins Peace Efforts, Targets Nuba Mountains
The United States' new peace envoy to Sudan, former Senator John Danforth, has presented a four-point plan to the Sudanese government, in a fresh effort to broker a peace deal… Read more »
September 06, 2001
Sudan: Special Envoy To Probe 'Will' For Peace
President Bush has appointed former Missouri Senator John C. Danforth as special envoy to Sudan. In a Rose Garden ceremony Thursday at the White House, Bush declared, "I am under… Read more »
July 12, 2001
Sudan: Assistance Chief To Sudan Stressing Assistance Now "Neutral"
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Andrew S. Natsios leaves Saturday on a 7-day mission to assess humanitarian needs in northern and southern Sudan. … Read more »
July 09, 2001
Africa: Arms And Africa On UN Agenda This Week
According to The East African newspaper published in Nairobi, Kenya, small arms trafficking along the Uganda, Sudan and Kenya borders has grown so much since 1986 that the cost of… Read more »
June 18, 2001
Sudan: Crocker Refusal Highlights Political Crosscurrents on Sudan
The decision of former Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Chester Crocker to decline the position of special envoy to Sudan is another sign that pressure from two directions… Read more »
June 13, 2001
Sudan: House Votes Aid To Southern Sudanese Rebels
By a huge 422-2 margin the U.S. House of Representatives has approved the "Sudan Peace Act" authorizing President Bush to make US$10 million under the Foreign Operations, Export… Read more »
May 29, 2001
Sudan: Powell Signaling Shift On Sudan?
Describing northern Sudan as in a "desperate situation", US Secretary of State, Colin Powell announced Monday that the Bush Administration will end a policy of shipping most of its… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica Exclusive: Powell Promises US Support but Says Africa Must Help Itself
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, ended a four-nation African tour on Monday, which took him from Mali to South Africa and onto Kenya, with a last stop in Uganda. … Read more »
May 28, 2001
Africa: Powell Ends Tour With Pledge to Keep Africa High on US Agenda
Americas top diplomat, Colin Powell, wrapping up a four-nation Africa tour in Uganda on Monday, has promised to keep the continent on the US foreign policy agenda. Read more »
May 26, 2001
Kenya: US Secretary of State Delivers Tough Message to President Moi
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, arrived in Kenya on Saturday on the third leg of his four-nation tour around Africa. He immediately went into a working session with… Read more »
March 23, 2001
Sudan: Bipartisan Effort to End War and Slavery Promised
Bipartisan Congressional voices denounced Sudan's government at a press conference in Washington D.C., Thursday, and called for sanctions against the north-east African nation… Read more »
February 28, 2001
Sudan: Report Recommends Policy To End Fighting
An international task force put together by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has released policy recommendations that it says will end the… Read more »
October 03, 2000
Sudan: The Recycling of a Nubian Classic by Hamza El-Din
Artist: Hamza El-Din CD title: Escalay Label: Nonesuch Explorer Series Date: 1998 (orig 1971) Read more »