“Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared with respect to Sudan and maintain in force sanctions against Sudan to respond to this threat,” the letter said to Congress.
The sanction which was first imposed on Sudan’s support for regional terrorism in 1997 has banned all trade and investment in Sudan.
“The renewal of these tough sanctions comes at a time of great consequence for the people of Sudan and for the US-Sudan relationship,” White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said later Monday.
“Sudan is on the US sanctions list as an alleged supporter of Islamic militant groups and over the situation in its war-torn western region of Darfur,” Vietor noted in a statement.
An estimated 1.5 million people died in Sudan’s long civil war between the north and south, perishing directly in conflict, or from disease and famine.
Source: africanews.com