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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's willingness to talk with dictators is undercutting the body's moral authority, critics say.
WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- Public opinion in Muslim nations and Africa supports the controversial indictment of Sudan's president, a poll released Wednesday indicates.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John Kerry was not expected to meet with Sudan's embattled president Thursday during his visit with government leaders in Khartoum, officials said.
DOHA, Qatar, March 30 (UPI) -- The presence of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir overshadowed talks on the Palestinian issue Monday at the 21st Arab Summit in Qatar.
WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama's new Afghan policy is eerily reminiscent of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Vietnam policy, when in 1965 Johnson announced the buildup of the war in Southeast Asia, saying he was sending more U.S. combat troops to Vietnam as well as civilian workers.
WASHINGTON, March 20 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court issued a warrant on March 4 for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Among other things, he is suspected of "intentionally directing attacks against an important part of the civilian population of Darfur, Sudan, murdering, exterminating, raping, torturing and forcibly transferring large numbers of civilians and pillaging their property."
WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has appointed retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. J. Scott Gration as his special envoy to Sudan.
WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- The United States condemns the expulsion of aid organizations from Sudan by the country's government, a State Department spokesman said Friday.
WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- The international legal and human rights community has finally ponderously moved to condemn Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for the continued slaughter of three predominantly Christian tribes in Darfur. But the only result looks likely to make the suffering of hundreds of thousands of refugees even worse.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, March 5 (UPI) -- The Sudanese government ordered several aid agencies to leave the country after an arrest warrant was issued for the country's president, a U.N. official said.