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The United States officially recognized South Sudan on 9 July 2011, the same day they declared independence. [2]The United States Embassy in Juba, South Sudan, was first established on the same day [3] with the former consulate that had been opened in 2005 in Juba being upgraded to the status of an embassy. [4]
South Sudan: Persons the US government believes has engaged in acts that threaten the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan, including actions that threaten the peace process, expanding the conflict in South Sudan, committing human rights abuses and violence against civilians, or attacks against UN or other international peacekeeping ...
In October 2020, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would remove Sudan from the list following the ousting and subsequent removal of President Omar Al-Bashir, and an agreement with the new transitional government to pay $335 million in compensation to the families of victims of the 1998 United States embassy bombings. [42]
An estimated 3.2 million Sudanese have crossed into neighboring countries, including Chad, Egypt and South Sudan. Rising deaths from starvation have led to declarations of famine in five areas of Sudan. The International Criminal Court is investigating alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a South Sudanese military officer and governor accused in connection with the rapes of hundreds of women and girls. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets ...
On Tuesday, the US imposed sanctions on their leader Hemedti, “for his role in systematic atrocities committed against the Sudanese people,” and sanctioned seven RSF-linked companies and one ...
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) -The United States is imposing sanctions on the deputy leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over human rights abuses, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations ...
The United States established diplomatic relations with Sudan in 1956, following its independence from joint administration by Egypt and the United Kingdom. [5] After the outbreak of the Six-Day War in June 1967, Sudan declared war on Israel and broke diplomatic relations with the U.S. [6] Relations improved after July 1971, when the Sudanese Communist Party attempted to overthrow President ...