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US ambassador arrives to post in Sudan following 25-year freeze

Sudanese demonstrators rally in favour of an initiative that members of the military say would put Sudan on a path to democratic elections [AFP]

The first US ambassador to Sudan in 25 years arrived in the country on Wednesday in the latest sign of improved relations between the two nations after the United States removed Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Relations between the US and Sudan were tense during the three-decade rule of former President Omar al-Bashir. During Bashir’s time in power, the US imposed withering sanctions on Khartoum.

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