The Sudanese government was forced to apologize to US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, yesterday after a series of scuffles between her entourage and Sudanese security. Officials and reporters traveling with Rice to Khartoum were initially prevented from entering the compound of the president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. After they were allowed in there were further bouts of shouting and shoving. Witnesses say that NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell was manhandled after attempting to question Bashir. Sudan’s Foreign Minister quickly apologized to Rice.