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Sudan takes center stage in US regional strategy

Khartoum gets a boost this week from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund as US Sudan envoy tours the region; the latest Nile dam talks kick off in Kinshasa, Congo, on Saturday.

Egyptian and Sudanese military officials
ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images — Sudanese military Chief of Staff Mohamed Othman al-Hussein (R) speaks alongside his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Farid during a meeting of the Egyptian-Sudanese military committee in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, on March 2, 2021.

US-Sudan relations are in full turnaround from where they were two years ago. The transition is still fragile, but on a fast track, especially after this week.

A decision by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gives Sudan’s 44 million people a chance to break the cycle of chronic poverty and fragility.

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