John Negroponte, the US Deputy Secretary of State, undertook on 11 April 2007, an eight-day-trip throughout Africa. During this trip, the US Senior officials will visit Sudan, Chad, Libya and Mauritania. In Sudan and Chad, he will certainly address the security and humanitarian situations in the Western Province of Darfur and its regional implications, in the Eastern part of Chad notably as well as ongoing efforts to achieve peace in Sudan through implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and particularly to stabilize the situation through the effective setting up of a hybrid UN-AU mission. In Mauritania, the Deputy Secretary will attend the inauguration of the newly elected president, Mohamed Ould Cheikk Adellahi and meet with some African Leaders who will be present.

The US Deputy Secretary is accompanied by the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, and the Senior Director and Special Assistant to the President for African Affairs at the National Security Council, Bobby Pittman, Jr., and Representatives from the Department of Defense and USAID.

Source: US Department of State