February 3 - 2021 WASHINGTON / KHARTOUM US President Joe Biden (Photo: LBJ Library / Jay Godwin) A group of more than 125 organisations, human rights activists, and prominent figures in Sudan and internationally have called on US President Joe Biden to appoint an ambassador to Sudan to support normalisation of relations with the US, and to appoint a Special Presidential Envoy to prioritise and support Sudan’s transition to democracy ‘on his watch’. In an open letter to President Biden this week, signed by a number of former US Congress members and Senators, a former US Envoy to Sudan, and a former Head of the UN Mission in Sudan, also urges Biden to support transitional justice and the return of refugees and displaced people, strengthening institutions and civil society, and helping Sudan prepare for and conduct free and fair elections.