Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 27

05-July-2004

SUDAN

Powell Warns Sudan Over Growing Darfur Crisis

Visiting US Secretary of State Colin Powell has warned the Sudanese government that the country will face UN sanctions within days or weeks unless it moves to disarm militias responsible for ethnic cleansing in the Darfur region and allows full access to aid for some 1mn refugees. Speaking in Khartoum on 30 June, Mr Powell welcomed commitments made by the Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa...