US says no more funds for Sudan until civilian government restored
Top US officials met with Sudanese military leaders in Khartoum and said financial aid would remain frozen.
The Biden administration is doubling down on its refusal to deliver planned debt relief and financial aid to the government of Sudan until a military junta restores a civilian-led government after seizing power last year.
The top US diplomat for Africa, Molly Phee, and newly appointed Horn of Africa envoy David Satterfield met with Sudanese military leaders as well as representatives of the pro-democracy movement and civil society in Khartoum on Wednesday to push for a return to civilian-led transitional government.
Phee and Satterfield “underscored that the United States will not resume paused assistance to the Sudanese government absent an end to violence and a restoration of a civilian-led government that reflects the will of the people of Sudan,” the US Embassy in Khartoum said in a statement Thursday.
US humanitarian aid to the Sudanese people will continue, however, as the country faces rampant inflation and unemployment, as well as continued violence in Darfur.
