Blair Heading to Sudan, Ethiopia
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is traveling to Sudan and Ethiopia this week as part of his diplomatic initiative to deal with some of the most difficult problems in Africa. The four-day Blair trip will focus on the Darfur crisis in western Sudan, and a meeting of the British-sponsored Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Sudanese Foreign Ministry says Mr. Blair will hold talks Wednesday in Khartoum with Sudanese President Omar Hassan Bashir and other senior officials. Full Story