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US visa restriction lifted

    NAIROBI

    The government of Sudan on Sunday lifted a three-year-old ban on the entry of US officials in an effort to improve relations with a key player in Sudan’s civil war, Reuters news agency reported on Monday, citing the Sudanese daily ‘al-Rai al-Akhar’. The ban was imposed in August 1998 after the US bombed a pharmaceutical plant near the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, which it said was producing chemical weapons, Reuters said. Despite the ban, some US officials had been allowed to visit Sudan using diplomatic passports, it added. “Khartoum and Washington have taken positive steps towards improving their bilateral relations as a prelude to normalising ties after a decision issued by the Ministry of Foreign Relations yesterday lifted the ban on visas for US officials,” ‘al-Rai al-Akhar’ reported.

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