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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information of the Republic of Sudan Ahmed Bilal Othman with Chairman of Saudi Journalists Association Khalid al-Malik (SPA)

Sudan Looks forward to be Off US’ Terror List with Saudi Arabia’s Support

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Oct 15, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh – Sudan is looking forward to Saudi Arabia’s continuous support for Khartoum’s efforts, to lift Sudan’s name of the blacklist of countries’ sponsoring terrorism, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information Ahmad Bilal Othman. Othman...

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Workers prepare a train at Sudan Railway maintenance complex in Khartoum. Reuters

Sudan Reaps Benefits of Decision to Lift Sanctions

by Saif Al-Yazal Ba Baker | Oct 14, 2017 | Business

Khartoum- The US Treasury Department lifted the ban on more than 223 companies, institutions, banks and Sudanese public and private organizations in line with the political decision made by the US government a week ago to revoke the economic embargo on the country....

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Minister of Culture and Information Awwad al-Awwad holds talks with Ahmed Bilal Osman, deputy prime minister and minister of information of Sudan, in Riyadh on Thursday. SPA

Sudanese Minister of Information: Saudi’s Role in Lifting Sanctions Sets Ground for Firm Relation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 13, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Sudanese Minister of Information Dr. Ahmed Bilal Osman said that Saudi Arabia’s role in lifting sanctions imposed on his country sets the ground for a firm relation between the two countries. Following the meeting with Saudi Minister of Culture and...

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The Chargé d’Affaires at the US embassy in Sudan, Steven Koutsis. (US Embassy)

Washington: Sudan Knows What to Do to be Removed from Terror List

by Ahmad Younes, Sawsan Abou Hussein | Oct 8, 2017 | Middle East

Khartoum, Cairo – Senior US Envoy for Sudan said on Saturday that the African country “knows well” what it should do in order to be removed from Washington’s list of states sponsoring terrorism. US charge d’affaires to Khartoum Steven Koutsis said: “The...

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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir addresses the crowd during a campaign rally in East Darfur, April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

US Lifts Sudan Sanctions 20 Years after Imposing them

by Heba El Koudsy | Oct 7, 2017 | World

Washington- The US State Department announced on Friday that it has lifted a large number of sanctions that it had imposed on Sudan 20 years ago, saying the decision was the result of Khartoum’s cooperation in fighting terrorism and easing humanitarian distress. “The...