OSLO, Norway (AP) — Hoping to invigorate Sudan's peace process, the United States will promise more than $1.7 billion in aid for the war-ravaged African country, the No. 2 State Department official said Monday.
Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick is attending an international conference for donors to Sudan this week, where he will formally announce the pledge, press for progress in the western region of Darfur and rally other countries to do the same.
Zoellick said Monday that Sudan, Africa's largest country, is at a crossroads. It can move toward peaceful reconciliation by stopping violence in Darfur and implementing the agreement the warring North and South reached in January to end a 22-year civil war that has taken more than 2 million lives.
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Posted by: Ryan | Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at 10:07 PM
today's New York Times features an op-ed piece by Kofi Annan on the pledges, and speaks directly to the concerns voiced by Cynthia (above)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/opinion/13annan.html?hp
Posted by: Kim | Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at 04:57 PM
I hope this is true. I read recently that the US always pledge a lot of money and rarely follow through on all those pledges. We all know the Sudan need this money. So I will be keeping my fingers crossed.
Posted by: Cynthia | Tuesday, April 12, 2005 at 05:32 PM