...more economic and military aid from the US than any other country in sub-Saharan Africa. As a series of famines beset Sudan in the â80s, Washington demonstrated the depth of its purported humanitarian concern by using its influence to ensure, with few...
...If the indictment goes ahead, violence in Darfur will increase. President Bashir is trying to convince the world that Sudan needs him for peace â a proposition even a casual observer of Sudan's recent history would find laughable, and his government is...
...could send a top official to China, which, along with the United States, is the foreign nation with the most influence in Sudan. Because of China's vast oil investments in Sudan, Beijing is at risk of exposure if war erupts again in the south. How...
...openly defiant stance underlines how difficult it may be to bring justice to Darfur while avoiding an open confrontation with Sudan and, at one remove, its African Union and Arab League allies. If allowed to continue unanswered, it also threatens the...
Background
Sudan (or The Sudan; officially the Republic of the Sudan or Republic of Sudan) (Arabic :السودان) is the largest country by area in Africa and the largest Arab country by area. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest. It is the tenth largest country in the world by area.
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