U.S. Nears Settlement With Sudan Over 1998 Terror Bombings

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is nearing a deal with Sudan to take care of statements in excess of al Qaeda’s 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa, helping crystal clear the way to take away Khartoum’s designation as a point out sponsor of terrorism.

The strategy is element of U.S. initiatives to assist the civilian-led transitional government in Sudan, whose armed forces last calendar year ousted President Omar al-Bashir, a army dictator who seized ability in 1989. Earlier this calendar year, Sudan settled terrorism-relevant statements from the 2000 al Qaeda suicide bombing…