US to end some trade sanctions on Sudan

Darfur

Sudanese members of the Rapid Support Forces in Umm al-Qura, northwest of Nyala in South Darfur province, on September 23, 2017. 

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What you need to know:

  • The regime has made progress in ending domestic atrocities.

WASHINGTON

The United States will end some of its toughest economic and trade sanctions imposed on the government of Sudan, senior administration officials said Friday.

Sudan will remain blacklisted as a state sponsor of terror, and some targeted sanctions will remain, but the regime has made progress in ending domestic atrocities, the officials said.