Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday that Cairo was exerting efforts to remove Sudan from the United States’ (US) list of state sponsors of terrorism. Sudan joined the U.S.’s list in 1993 because the African country hosted Osama Bin Ladin. However, the Obama administration was going to de-list Sudan, but once mass protests erupted nationwide last December against the three-decade ruler Omar El Bashir, the process was put on hold. During his talks with Sudanese officials, the Egyptian Foreign Minister said that he discussed removing Sudan from the U.S.’s list of state sponsors of terrorism. Shukri’s remarks came during a joint press conference with his Sudanese counterpart, Asma Abdullah, in Khartoum. This will end Sudan’s decades of international rejection allowing it to rebuild its relations with the international community and readmitting the country to partake in the global economy. In 1997, the U.S imposed economic sanctions on Sudan that were lifted in October 2017. Sudan is entering a new phase in the country’s history. After 30 years of oppression, revolutionaries were able to attain a three-year power-sharing deal last month between the military and civilian parties and protest…
