Omar al-Bashir

Actor George Clooney and his father have been arrested at a protest outside the SudaneseEmbassy in Washington. The protesters accuse Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, of provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the Nuba...

The Irvine International Film Festival has nine Oscar-nominated short films on its program this year. As Oscar movies go, they're the most obscure — but are they any good? Features Editor Michael Miller reviewed each of the nominated films, rating...

JUBA, South Sudan -- South Sudanese wept openly as they celebrated their independence Saturday, cheering, whistling and dancing down the streets in a ceremony fitting for the birth of a new nation. "We are free at last," some chanted, flags draped around...

JUBA, Sudan (AP) — The mud-hut town of Juba has earned a promotion to world capital later this year. Only Southern Sudan needs far more than its own currency and a national anthem: Most of the roads here are dirt and even aid workers live in...

Sudan is about as far away from Alaska as you could imagine, but the state has a growing connection to the country in Northeast Africa. Sudan is the largest country on the continent -- about one-fourth the size of the United States.  Like Alaska, it...