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Sudan hails bridge loan agreement with US SudanTribube.com
January 6, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The US and Sudan signed a $1 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a bridge loan to pay Khartoum s arrears to the World Bank (WB).
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had a meeting with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in the capital Khartoum, shortly after his arrival.PHOTO: ABDALLA HAMDOK/TWITTER
The Sudanese Minister of Finance Heba Muhammad Ali signed the MoU with the US Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin who arrived today for a one-day visit.
Mnuchin s visit is the first by a senior US official to after Sudan was removed from list of states that sponsor terrorism.