ABOVE: Omar Al-Bashir From news that appeared to break recently in the Sudanese press, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir submitted a visa application to the U.S. State Department in order for him to attend UN General Assembly meetings that begin…
Even though the U.S. has lifted its Sudan sanctions with respect to the newly-minted state of South Sudan, that has not resolved the conundrum of U.S. oil investment and activity in South Sudan. South Sudan is land-locked, and all oil…
Today the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) released guidance on the application of the Sudan sanctions to the new state to be formed in Southern Sudan as a result of the secession referendum held in January 2011. The new…
Yesterday provisional results were announced in the referendum on whether southern Sudan should be allowed to secede from Sudan and become an independent nation. The provisional results indicate that the vote was nearly unanimous in favor of secession, which means,…
In the latest disclosure of civil penalty information by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the agency describes a Letter of Violation that it issued against an international evangelical group called Christ for All Nations. According to the disclosure, the…