IDPs To Boycott US Envoy

Unless he changes his position and takes account of our demands, he is not welcomed in our camps because he does not consider us.
Those words were spoken by a representative of Darfur’s internally displaced persons, who have decided against meeting US special envoy to Sudan Scott Gration when he visits their camps.
The IDPs feel that Gration has [...]

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Darfur – Only “Remnants of Genocide”

What we see is the remnants of genocide.
Those words were spoken today by US Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration whose recent trip to Darfur did not convince him that a genocide is TAKING place – only that a genocide TOOK place.
Gration also remarked that the humanitarian gap caused by Sudan’s expulsion of major aid groups [...]

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The E6 Envoys

Through their envoys to Sudan, six global powers have called for Chad and Sudan to “exercise restraint”.
The “E6 Envoys” represent the US, UK, Russia, France, EU, and China. The group met Wednesday in Doha, Qatar.
According to reports, they “recognized the negative impact on the Darfur political process of the current escalation of tension between Sudan and Chad” [...]

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China and US Discuss Darfur

There have been “positive” talks between the US and China about the Darfur crisis and peace between North and South Sudan.
In Beijing, US special envoy to Sudan Scott Gration and China’s special representative for Darfur “discussed deepening US-China cooperation over shared concerns in Sudan”.
Many believe China’s support is key to ending the suffering in Sudan [...]

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US Gives Sudan 30 Days; Kerry to Visit Darfur

The US has reportedly offered Sudan a proposal by which the relationship and dialogue between the two countries will improve if (AND ONLY IF) Sudan addresses the issue of the expulsion of aid groups.
The proposal was introduced during US special envoy Scott Gration’s visit to Sudan last week.
Sudan has one month to respond.
It also appears that Gration [...]

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“On the Brink of a Deepening Crisis”

After a visit to one of Darfur’s IDP camps, US special envoy to Sudan Scott Gration came away “very concerned” about what he saw.
What he saw was an overwhelming lack of adequate water and medical supplies – the result of Sudan’s expulsion of foreign humanitarian groups who provided such necessities to millions displaced by the [...]

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US Envoy Heads to Sudan

Today, newly-appointed US special envoy to Sudan Scott Gration met with US President Barack Obama. Tomorrow, he will depart for Africa.
Gration is expected to visit Darfur, Khartoum, and South Sudan.
President Obama on Gration and his trip -
I am sending him off with my full confidence. He will be speaking for the administration, and he will be [...]

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