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

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

The strategy is element of U.S. initiatives to support the civilian-led transitional federal government in Sudan, whose armed forces very last year ousted President Omar al-Bashir, a armed forces dictator who seized ability in 1989. Previously this year, Sudan settled terrorism-connected claims from the 2000 al Qaeda suicide bombing…