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...

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...

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...