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April 22, 2023
Suspension of Operations at Embassy Khartoum
The State Department has temporarily suspended operations at our Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan.
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													U.S.-Sudan Relations													The U.S. established diplomatic relations with Sudan in 1956, following its independence from joint administration by Egypt and the United Kingdom. The U.S. played a key role in helping negotiate the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Sudan and Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement that laid the groundwork for South Sudan’s 2011 independence referendum and secession. U.S. policy in Sudan is focusedThe U.S. established diplomatic relations with Sudan in 1956, following its independence from joint administration by Egypt and the United Kingdom. The U.S. played a key role in helping negotiate the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Sudan and Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement that laid the groundwork for South Sudan’s 2011 independence referendum and secession. U.S. policy in Sudan is focused on ensuring that Sudan does not provide support to or a safe haven for international terrorists; achieving a definitive end to gross human rights abuses and conflicts, including in the Darfur region and the states of Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan; and encouraging an open and inclusive political dialogue, to address the real causes of Sudan’s persistent internal conflicts. Collapse U.S.-Sudan Relations															Read more about U.S.-Sudan Relations																												U.S. Assistance to Sudan													In the face of widespread humanitarian needs caused by conflict, displacement, and natural disasters, the U.S. has been a major donor of humanitarian aid to the people of Sudan throughout the last quarter century. The U.S. has declared disasters in Sudan due to complex emergencies each year since 1987. As the largest international donor of humanitarian aid in Sudan, theIn the face of widespread humanitarian needs caused by conflict, displacement, and natural disasters, the U.S. has been a major donor of humanitarian aid to the people of Sudan throughout the last quarter century. The U.S. has declared disasters in Sudan due to complex emergencies each year since 1987. As the largest international donor of humanitarian aid in Sudan, the U.S. continues to provide impartial, needs-based assistance to all accessible areas and populations, including displaced and otherwise conflict-affected people, individuals living in camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), local communities hosting IDPs, and formerly displaced returnees. The U.S. supports democratic development in Sudan, as well as a transition from emergency assistance to development assistance where conditions and security allow.Collapse U.S. Assistance to Sudan															Read more about U.S. Assistance to Sudan																												Bilateral Economic Relations													As the result of an intensive bilateral effort focused on achieving progress by Sudan in five key areas of engagement (countering terrorist groups, ending the threat of the Lord’s Resistance Army, ending the government’s offensive internal military operations, ending Sudan’s destabilizing role in South Sudan, and improving humanitarian access), on January 13, 2017, the United States announced the broad liftingAs the result of an intensive bilateral effort focused on achieving progress by Sudan in five key areas of engagement (countering terrorist groups, ending the threat of the Lord’s Resistance Army, ending the government’s offensive internal military operations, ending Sudan’s destabilizing role in South Sudan, and improving humanitarian access), on January 13, 2017, the United States announced the broad lifting of certain longstanding sanctions against Sudan. The U.S. and Sudan have a small amount of bilateral trade. Sudan is a member of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, which has a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with the U.S.Collapse Bilateral Economic Relations															Read more about Bilateral Economic Relations															Integrated Country Strategies
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COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries
Since August, 2021 the United States has donated **4,685,480** safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine doses with the people of Sudan. This includes 3,573,180 Pfizer and 1,112,300 J&J doses. Of the 4,685,480 vaccine doses, 100% were donated in partnership with COVAX.

The United States is committed to leading an international and coordinated effort to accelerate access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to meet global needs. The United States is working with other governments and partners including COVAX, Caricom, and the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to protect communities from COVID-19 and apply lessons from this pandemic to enhance health security now and in the future.

Learn more about our work Delivering Vaccines and on COVID-19 Recovery.
More Vaccine Deliveries HighlightsApril 11, 2024
Department Press Briefing – April 11, 2024
March 27, 2024
FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO Programs in South Sudan Responding to the Ongoing Sudan Crisis
March 26, 2024
Digital Press Briefing with Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Assistant Secretary of State, Julieta Valls Noyes
March 21, 2024
Special Online Briefing with Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello
March 20, 2024
United States to Provide Additional Humanitarian Assistance to Sudanese People and Host Communities
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