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The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs has country information on Sudan.

The U.S. Department of State's Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 2001 gives more background on religious freedom in Sudan.

Christians can help those in Sudan through Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Samaritan's Purse, and Persecution.com.

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services is also active in resettling Sudanese refugees.

Blue Nile Project's various programs allow school children to get involved in Sudan relief and more.

Make Me Your Voice is a worship album dedicated to the massive persecution currently taking place in Sudan.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum site has a page to warn against the current Sudan genocide. The Sudan area includes resources for more information.

Human Rights Watch: Sudan indexes annual updates on Sudan human rights in addition to special reports on causes of famine, slavery and slave redemption, and more.

In 1999, Christianity Today examined the challenges and potential rewards of resettling refugees for American Christians.

For more articles, see Yahoo's full coverage area, allAfrica.com and Christianity Today's area on persecution.

Our earlier coverage of the Sudan genocide includes:

No Greater Tragedy | What you can do to help persecuted Christians in Sudan. (June 25, 2001)

Freedom Panel Alleges Genocide | U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom makes suggestion on Sudan's worsening abuses. (May 4, 2001)

Turn Off Sudan's Oil Wells, Say Canadian Church Visitors | Christian leaders say they are "outraged" that a Canadian oil company is paying huge royalties to Sudanese government. (Apr. 20, 2001)

The Maturing of Victimhood | A new exhibit at the Holocaust Museum is a very good sign. (Mar. 29, 2001)

Sudan Loses Election for U.N. Security Council Seat | Sanctions continue to plague the African nation's bid for international acceptance. (Oct. 12, 2000)

Southern Sudan Bombed Despite Cease-fire Promise | Details sketchy from town of Yei, near Democratic Republic of the Congo. (May 8, 2000)

Editorial: Confronting Sudan's Evils | Western Christians and governments should press Khartoum on multiple fronts. (Apr. 12, 2000)

Sudan Relief Operations Endangered | Rebel demands cause agencies to curtail efforts. (April 3, 2000)

Bombs Continue to Fall on Ministry Hospitals in Sudan | Samaritan's Purse hit for fourth time, two killed in Voice of the Martyrs bombing. (March 24, 2000)

Mixing Oil and Blood | Sudan's 'slaughter of the innocents' toughens religious freedom coalition. (Mar. 15, 2000)

Protest Begins as White House Rethinks Policy on Sudan Regime | Religious leaders urge Clinton administration to act against oppression. (Feb. 10, 2000)

Christian Solidarity Loses U.N. Status | Slave-freeing organization's rebel spokesman violated U.N. rules (Dec. 14, 1999)

Sudan Releases Jailed Catholic Priests | President Resolves Impasse in Contrived Bombing Trial (Dec. 13, 1999)

Jailed Sudanese Priests Reject Presidential Amnesty | Clerics waiting for 'total acquittal' by courts. (Dec. 6, 1999)

Oil Exports Draw Protests | Christians urge divestment from Canadian company (Nov. 15, 1999)

Starvation Puts 150,000 at Risk (Sept. 6,1999)

Slave Redemption | Americans are becoming instant abolitionists. But is the movement backfiring? (Aug. 9, 1999)

The Price of a Slave | "I was taken by a slave master [who] beat me and shamed me, telling me that I was like a dog." (Feb. 8, 1999)

Sudanese Christians Bloody, but Unbowed (Aug. 10, 1998)

How Apin Akot Redeemed His Daughter (Mar. 2, 1998)

Muslim-Christian Conflicts May Destabilize East Africa | Christians raped, forced into slavery, and killed. (Apr. 29, 1996)

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July 8 2001, Vol. 45, No. 9