Countries Meet to Pledge Support for Sudan

by Michele Kelemen, NPR

Donor countries are meeting in Oslo this week to promise aid for southern Sudan — the part of the country emerging from a 20-year civil war. The regional government is requesting more than $2 billion and says that, so far, it has received far less development aid than it was promised. Aid workers are worried the area is not getting the attention it needs.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, May 5, 2008