The Obama administration on Monday unveiled a new strategy toward Sudan, offering incentives if Khartoum worked to resolve the crisis in Darfur and other issues, but said its leaders faced tougher steps if it failed to act.

Amid the new policy moves, President Barack Obama said he will renew tough sanctions against the Sudanese government later this week.

U.S. envoy Scott Gration discusses the new strategy.

Resource: Read the Full Statement on the Sudan Policy Shift [State Dept.]

Geographers at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Office of Science and Human Rights are using satellite images to document destroyed villages in Darfur for use by relief agencies.

This lesson plan addresses the medical nature of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, including the conditions and resulting illnesses that pose the most concern to aid personnel working in the region.

View a multimedia essay, video and background information on the human, political, military and historical realities in the region from the Council on Foreign Relations.

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