US sends first ambassador to Sudan in 25 years
The US imposed economic penalties and demoted its mission in Sudan from ambassador to charge d'affaires in 1997.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
Two years after removing Sudan from its list of nations supporting terrorism, the US dispatched its first ambassador to the country in 25 years.
On Wednesday, Ambassador John Godfrey announced his arrival in the capital city of Khartoum.
Sudan was allegedly supporting al-Qaeda, whose founder Osama bin Laden resided in Sudan from 1992 to 1996, and as a result, Sudan was placed on the list of nations that fund terrorism in 1993.
The US imposed economic penalties and demoted its mission in Sudan from ambassador to charge d'affaires in 1997.
In 2019, the US made efforts to improve the representation, and Sudan appointed its first ambassador to the US in 23 years in 2020.
