A TOP US aid official will launch a seven-day mission in Sudan on Sunday to assess efforts to battle famine in parts of the country ravaged by drought and devastated by civil war. Andrew Natsios will travel in northern and southern Sudan and meet government officials and aid workers, the US Agency for International Development (USAid) said. Natsios, USAids Administrator and Special Coordinator for Sudan, will also visit refugee camps during his visit. The United States is the largest aid donor to Sudan and has provided one billion dollars worth of assistance in the last decade, US officials said. – AFP
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