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- ↑ "Sudan appoints first ambassador to the US in more than 20 years". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ↑ Luxner, Larry. "Sudan's US envoy, forced to resign, tells us 'the situation is disastrous'". The Washington Diplomat. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ↑ Satti, Nureldin (2010). Two Views on the Crisis in Sudan. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.