The busy market in Khartoum opened with optimism after the United States lifted Sudan from its terror sponsor list on Monday.
The move unlocks the way for aid, debt relief and investment to the country going through a rocky political transition and economic hardships.
For nearly three decades, the United States had blacklisted Sudan over harbouring Islamist militants. This decision will help boost the Sudanese economy, said sports journalist Ali Adam Hamed Abouna. By removing Sudan from the blacklist of states that sponsor terrorism, there will be many investments, and many American and other companies that couldn t operate here will now be able to do so.