Sources in Sudan and the United States believe American officials may roll back sanctions against the North African country, which has been subject to a comprehensive U.S. trade embargo for nearly 20 years.
For nearly 20 years, U.S. sanctions have stymied Sudan's economic growth while doing little to stop savvy bankers from doing business in the country, according to Bader Eldin Mahmmoud Abbas Mukhtar, the country's minister of finance and national economy.