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USAID Re-Establishes Mission in Sudan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 20, 2006
0420-06-037
Press Office: 202-712-4320
Public Information: 202-712-4810
www.usaid.gov
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that it is re-establishing its Sudan Mission to manage its extensive program of assistance to the Sudanese people. Mission staff will be located in Khartoum and the southern city of Juba. USAID also will maintain a field presence in Darfur.
USAID assistance to Sudan, which stood at less than $150 million in 2003, reached more than $855 million in 2005. The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended Sudan's 22-year civil war in 2005, and the advent of the conflict in Darfur in 2003, ushered in a new era of American assistance to Sudan. It has become the Bush Administration's top priority in Africa, and the USAID/Sudan program is the Agency's largest and most complex in sub-Saharan Africa.
The formal re-establishment of the mission will allow more direct management of USAID's programs countrywide. In Southern Sudan, USAID provides an integrated program of humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to war-affected communities-assisting displaced people, providing basic services and food, and improving food security through agriculture and economic development. In Darfur, USAID has been a leader in the massive international assistance program, providing extensive humanitarian and food aid, working to ensure humanitarian access in unstable areas, and preparing for eventual reconstruction.
In 2005, USAID allocated nearly $467 million to Darfur-including $347 million in food aid, $108 million in humanitarian assistance, and $11.6 million toward conflict resolution. In eastern Sudan, where malnutrition and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the country, USAID funds general food rations, supplementary and therapeutic feeding, and food-for-work activities. USAID also provides food aid to more than 80,000 vulnerable women, children, and the elderly in camps around Khartoum.
The USAID mission in Sudan was officially closed in 1992 after sanctions halted development assistance. For the next 15 years, U.S. assistance concentrated largely on emergency response to conflicts, droughts, and floods: food, medicine, water facilities, seeds and tools, and logistical support. The program was managed from Washington, D.C., and Nairobi, Kenya, alongside a small humanitarian staff in Khartoum.
For more information about the U.S. Agency for International Development, visit our web site at www.usaid.gov.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.
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