Report on Sudan-US relations

Under George Bush administration in 1988, the US followed a cautious diplomacy with Khartoum government and did not stop economic aid following the military coup rule. Tensions later came into surface after the first Gulf war in the early nineties.

The relations between the two countries took a bad turn after Bill Clinton of the Democratic Party assumed power especially when the US placed Sudan on its list of countries supporting terrorism in 1993, and provided support to political and military movements opposed to the Sudanese government.

It also initiated the submission of draft resolutions to condemn Sudan and accused it of involvement in the assassination attempt of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak.

In 1997, the US administration decided to boycott Sudan economically, and in the following year it launched missiles to destroy the Al-Shefa Pharmaceutical factory. The attack was justified on the pretext of that the plant was a chemical weapons factory linked directly to Bin Laden.

Upon the arrival of George W. Bush of the Republican Party to the White House, a CIA delegation made a visit to Sudan in 2001 as part of security cooperation aimed at combating terrorist movements. Later, the US adopted a supportive role in achieving peace between the warring North and South, which later was concluded by the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005.