After 27 years, Sudan no longer designated state sponsor of terrorism by U.S.

CAIRO – 14 December 2020: The United States ended on Monday the listing of Sudan as sponsor of terrorism, which began in 1993 as a consequence of hosting a number of Islamist militant groups and late Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, as reported by BBC.

That was under overthrown President Omar al-Bashir in the aftermath of the first attack on the World Trade Center in New York on February 26, 1993.

In October, Sudan approved paying $335 million in compensation to U.S. victims of terror attacks, and normalized relations with Israel. In 1998, Al Qaeda bombed the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killing 220 individuals.

The designation was depriving Sudan from getting debt relief from the United States, and loans from the IMF as well as other global institutions.