Obama's Sudan policy cautiously welcomed - Agence France-Press

Aid groups welcomed a new US carrot-and-stick policy toward Sudan but said its success depends on how hard President Barack Obama pushes his bid to stabilise the war-ravaged nation.

In particular, aid groups hailed the new administration for putting as much stress on ending the conflict in the western Darfur region as on carrying out the terms of a fragile 2005 agreement ending a 22-year civil war in the south.

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