{"id":34562,"date":"2021-01-27T22:41:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T22:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/27\/us-africa-command-official-hails-new-beginning-in-sudan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:30:03","slug":"us-africa-command-official-hails-new-beginning-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/01\/27\/us-africa-command-official-hails-new-beginning-in-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"US Africa Command official hails \u2018new beginning\u2019 in Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CAIRO \u2014 A U.S. deputy commander for Africa on Wednesday welcomed a \u201cnew beginning\u201d and a \u201crenewed relationship\u201d between the U.S. and Sudan following the African country\u2019s removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remarks by Andrew Young, a deputy commander at U.S. Africa Command<\/a>, or AFRICOM, came on the third day of his visit to Sudan, the first such visit since Washington\u2019s delisting effectively ended Sudan\u2019s pariah status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sudan is on a fragile path to democracy after a popular uprising led the military to overthrow longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. The county is now ruled by a joint military and civilian government that seeks better ties with Washington and the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\t