SEOUL: The Sudanese foreign minister yesterday rejected a US declaration of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and said the United States was using a humanitarian crisis for political purposes.
Mustafa Osman Ismail said the declaration by US President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday was an isolated position made in the heat of a presidential election to win African-American votes.
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