Tag: Sudan

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Royce: Obama’s Sudan decision ignored human rights

Joel Gehrke · January 13, 2017 6:12 pm

Obama said he based his decision on "positive steps" taken by the Sudanese government in the last six months. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Obama eases sanctions against Sudan despite terrorism status

Gabby Morrongiello · January 13, 2017 5:37 pm

Five changes to immigration policy must be made to better protect the public, a new report says. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Both sides press Obama over visa waivers

Nicole Duran · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

Congress has since requested a report from the Obama administration on who is receiving those visa waivers. (AP Photo/ Nick Ut )

DHS: Iran travel could be exempt from tighter visa rules

Curt Mills · January 21, 2016 7:56 pm

Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said the bill that would end the visa waiver privilege "will help neutralize the threat of foreign terrorists entering this country." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

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House votes to tighten visa rules

Susan Ferrechio · December 8, 2015 10:23 pm

The legislation would end the visa waiver privilege now offered to western passport holders if they have traveled to Iraq, Iran, Syria or Sudan, which are considered breeding grounds for terrorism. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)

GOP sets vote to expand visa requirements

Susan Ferrechio · December 3, 2015 4:18 pm

"Clock Kid" Ahmed Mohamed and his family met with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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‘Clock Kid’ meets with genocidal Sudanese president

Curt Mills · October 16, 2015 4:55 pm

In the 1990s, Sudan gained infamy for hosting Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, which carried out attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. (AP Photo)Â

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Don’t forget about Bashir and Sudan

George Phillips · June 23, 2015 9:00 am

In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 photo taken on a government organized media tour, a woman rides a donkey past a convoy of government troops in Tabit village in the North Darfur region of Sudan. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)

Time for Obama and Ambassador Power to account for their Darfur failure

Austin Bay · January 28, 2015 8:26 pm

United Nations peacekeeping troops protect a U.N. police patrol a refugee camp in North Darfur on Sudan, January 2008. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou)

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U.N. to trim forces in Darfur despite humanitarian crisis

Kelly Cohen · December 26, 2014 4:23 pm

Meriam Ibrahim is Terence Jeffery's pick for role model of the year.Â (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Meriam Ibrahim is role model of the year

Terence Jeffrey · December 24, 2014 6:33 pm

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Sudan announces truce talks with rebels next month

Mohamed Saeed · September 25, 2014 5:23 pm