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· Sudan has given US$ 335 million to the U.S. to compensate victims of the 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. This was confirmed by the US authorities-the US Department of State
· Sudan was accused by the US for sponsoring terrorism including the Al-Qaeda, the militant group that wrecked the peace in the world
· The decision to take off Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List was taken by the former US President Donald Trump using the power vested unto the President to remove a nation from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List
Sudan has given US$ 335 million to the U.S. to compensate victims of the 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. This was confirmed by the US authorities-the US Department of State. Sudan was accused by the US for sponsoring terrorism including the Al-Qaeda, the militant group that wrecked the peace in the world.
The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, while referring to the payment made by Sudan said that it heralded a new bilateral relationship between the two states. The US State Department said that it would continue to support Sudan’s civilian-led transitional government to deliver freedom, peace, and justice to its people.
The Nairobi attack in 1998 was a macabre act of killing 213 people and inflicting severe wounds to over 5,000 people. Most of them were Africans, passers-by or workers in nearby buildings. Amongst the dead included 44 foreigners including 12 Americans. The toll in Tanzania was 11 deaths and 70 injuries. The US said that it had spent tens of millions of dollars in medical treatment, school fees, counseling, and reconstruction services for the thousands of Kenyan and Tanzanian victims.
The decision to take off Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List was taken by the former US President Donald Trump using the power vested unto the President to remove a nation from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List. Abdalla Hamdok, the 15th Prime Minister of Sudan since 2019 announced that the money had already been transferred, as the final requirement to secure Sudan’s removal from the blacklist. In the process, Sudan also recognized Israel, although in none of the statements issued by both the US and Sudanese government it was mentioned as a precondition for the lifting of the sanctions.
