Sudan has transferred compensation for U.S. bombing victims - cenbank

The payment of $335mln is part of a deal with the United States to get removed from its list of state sponsors of terrorism

Aidan Lewis, Khalid Abdelaziz, Reuters News

October 20, 2020

KHARTOUM- Sudan has transferred the compensation it has agreed to pay American victims of militant attacks and their families, central bank governor Mohamed al-Fatih Zainelabidine said on Tuesday.

The payment of $335 million is part of a deal with the United States to get removed from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.

(Reporting by Aidan Lewis, Khalid Abdelaziz, Mahmoud Mourad and Ulf Laessing; Editing by Jon Boyle) ((Ulf.Laessing@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: follow me on twitter @ulflaessing))