More broadly, many Sudanese hoped the American move would herald their country’s reintegration into the mainstream of the global economy. “Removal from the terror list is kind of Phase 1,” said Anas Mohamed, 28, an economics researcher in Khartoum. We have no other choice.”Others, though, warned that the delisting did not offer a panacea for Sudan’s economic woes. “This is not the economic takeoff people are hoping for,” said Magdi el Gizouli, a Sudan analyst at the Rift Valley Institute, a research group that specializes in Africa. Since a congressional notification period of 45 days had lapsed, the American Embassy in Sudan said on Facebook, Sudan’s removal from the terrorism list was effective immediately.

Source: International New York Times December 14, 2020 11:14 UTC