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Recent news stories about Sudan include:

Sudan Protests Bring Out Pragmatic Side of Idealism — James Pinkerton, Los Angeles Times (Apr. 17, 2001)

Sudan flogs 53 Christians for rioting — Associated Press/Los Angeles Times (Apr. 14, 2001)

Modern crusade to save souls and change Bush's foreign policy — The Independent (Apr. 14, 2001)

3 Arrested in Protest at Sudanese Embassy — The Washington Post (Apr 14, 2001)

Easter crusade canceled after threats | Violence erupted after threats froms uspected terrorist Osama bin Laden and other Muslim extremists had forced Christian leaders to cancel a mass rally celebrating Good Friday in Khartoum. — UPI (Apr. 13, 2001)

Clashes over church services | Sudanese Christians were arrested and others injured on Wednesday as they protesting against a government order to transfer Easter services from central Khartoum to the suburbs — UN Integrated Regional Information Network (Apr. 12, 2001)

Demonstrations continue to protest Mass cancellation | Sudanese government cancelled Reinhard Bonnke service — Panafrican News Agency (Apr. 11, 2001)

A holy war of words | Washington is now beginning to take notice of Sudan's once forgotten conflict — The Financial Times (Apr 11, 2001)

Christians seek to aid brethren in Sudan — The Philadelphia Inquirer (Apr 9, 2001)

Sudan 'gives green light' for slave trade to flourish again | The Sudanese government is allegedly encouraging slavery by delivering arms to Arab kidnappers in return for their support in the civil war (The Daily Telegraph, Apr. 9, 2001)

Sudan persecution decried | Franklin Graham urges action by Bush — The Boston Globe (Apr. 8, 2001)

Key Republican urges U.S. action on Sudan | "We need to do whatever is necessary to stop this carnage that's going on," says House Whip Tom DeLay — Reuters (Mar. 25, 2001)

Christians' plight in Sudan tests a Bush stance | Evangelicals urge intervention —The Washington Post (Mar. 16, 2001)

The Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on Sudan and a related press release are available at the commission's Web site.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum site has more information about the museum, but also an area about the Sudan genocide. The Sudan area includes a video of the opening of the exhibit and more resources.

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April (Web-only) 2001, Vol. 45