SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan’s Hamdok has no chance to get sanctions removal soon: U.S. expert

4/12/2019: Sudan Tribune - Sudan’s Hamdok has no chance to get sanctions removal soon: U.S. expert

Sudan Tribune reports on a lengthy article published in the Atlantic Council by Cameron Hudson, a former chief of staff to the US special envoy for Sudan, which argued that Sudan’s civilian government faces an “insurmountable task” in getting the US to remove its terrorism designation.

The article was published on the occasion of Abdalla Hamdok’s first visit to Washington as Sudanese Prime Minister.

Hudson warned that the US President Donald Trump administration fears the "possibility that the military will reassert its authority as soon as sanctions are lifted". Hudson further noted that the US Central Intelligence Agency is concerned that the Sudanese security and intelligence is not under civilian control, pointing to the presence of international terrorist groups using Sudanese territory as hideouts.

Hudson cited that Hamas and Hezbollah, which are designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the State Department, maintained a political office in Khartoum.