J Scott Gration Special Envoy

Sudan Score Card

John Norris | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


John Norris

Over the last nine months, the Sudan policy review has taken on something of a mythical air.

The Fierce Urgency of Implementation: Obama's New Sudan Policy

John Prendergast | Posted 10.19.2009 | World


John Prendergast

The U.S. must lead internationally in developing a coalition of countries that can help the people of Sudan find a just and sustainable peace, and the administration will be rightly evaluated by whether it meets its goals.

The War in Darfur Is Not Over

John Prendergast | Posted 10.07.2009 | World


John Prendergast

The reality of Darfur's continuing strife does a disservice to the ongoing efforts to keep this issue burning brightly for the policymakers and diplomats who have so far failed to help end the crisis.

Honey for Sudan's President?

John Norris | Posted 11.23.2009 | World


John Norris

'You catch more bears with honey.' As others have noted, that is a perfectly pleasant world view in the abstract, but let's not forget that we are talking about a government headed by an indicted war criminal.

Sudan Not A State Sponsor Of Terrorism: Obama Sudan Envoy

AP | FOSTER KLUG | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's special envoy to Sudan said Thursday that there is no evidence to back up the U.S. designation of Sudan as...

In Search of Peace

Jerry Fowler | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


Jerry Fowler

This week begins a crucial chapter in furthering a necessary response to the genocide in Darfur.

Obama's Darfur Promise

Susan Morgan | Posted 07.23.2009 | World


Susan Morgan

Darfuris, who named babies after Obama and waited hopefully for him to take office, feel understandably abandoned.

Darfur Advocates: Obama Has No Clear Policy

AP | WILLIAM C. MANN | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Human rights groups working to end the dying in Darfur fear for the survival of 2.5 million people huddled in refugee camps if the ...

Obama Can Make a Difference in Darfur

John Prendergast | Posted 05.21.2009 | World


John Prendergast

In an op-ed appearing this month in The Wall Street Journal, Sojourners President Jim Wallis and I argue that President Barack Obama should now move t...

Parsing Gration in Darfur

John Norris | Posted 05.11.2009 | World


John Norris

Commitments by the Arab League to increase spending on humanitarian relief in Darfur are entirely rhetorical. Officials acknowledge that there is no mechanism for tracking the delivery of such commitments.

J. Scott Gration: Special Envoy To Sudan

AP | Posted 04.18.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — A senior administration official says President Barack Obama has chosen retired Air Force Gen. J. Scott Gration to be a special env...