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Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
(vacant); Charge D'Affairs, Ad Interim
[1] (202) 338-8565 FAX: DC 20008

Diplomatic representation from the US: For security reasons, US officials
at the US Embassy in Khartoum were relocated in February 1996 to the
US Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Cairo, Egypt, from where they make
regular visits to Khartoum; the US Embassy in Khartoum is located on
Sharia Abdul Latif Avenue; mailing address - P. O. Box 699, Khartoum;
APO AE 09829; telephone - [249] (11) 774611 or 774700; FAX - [249] (11)
774137; the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya is located in the Interim Office
Building on Mombasa Road, Nairobi; mailing address - P. O. Box 30137,
Box 21A, Unit 64100, APO AE 09831; telephone - [254] (2) 751613; FAX -
[254] (2) 743204; the US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt is located at (North
Gate) 8, Kamel El-Din Salah Street, Garden City, Cairo; mailing address -
Unit 64900, APO AE 09839-4900; telephone - [20] (2) 3557371; FAX - [20]
(2) 3573200

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Economy Sudan

Economy - overview: Sudan has turned around a struggling economy with
sound economic policies and infrastructure investments, but it still faces
formidable economic problems. Starting in 1997 Sudan began implementing
IMF macroeconomic reforms that have successfully stabilized inflation.
In 1999 Sudan began exporting crude oil and in the last quarter of
1999 recorded its first trade surplus, along with monetary policy, has
stabilized the exchange rate. Current oil production stands at 220,000
barrels per day, of which some 70% is exported and the rest refined
mostly for domestic consumption. Increased oil production, revived light
industry, and expanded export processing zones should maintain GDP growth
at 5% in 2002. Agriculture production remains Sudan's most important
sector, employing 80% of the work force and contributing 43% of GDP,
but most farms remain rain-fed and susceptible to drought. Sudan is also
constrained by its limited access to international credit; most of Sudan's
$24.9 billion debt remains in arrears. The civil war, chronic instability,
adverse weather, and weak world agricultural prices ensure that much of
the population will remain at or below the poverty line