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Sudan’s transitional government and the United States (US) are poised to reach an agreement for Khartoum to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to victims of a 1998 al-Qaeda attack. The terror group bombed the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam on 7 August 1998.
The US Supreme Court last week paved the way by ruling that the plaintiffs could claim not only US$5.9 billion in compensatory damages but also US$4.3 billion in punitive damages. US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy told journalists that ‘we have reached a common understanding with Sudan on the contours of a future bilateral claims agreement.’ It would include compensation related to deaths and injuries of both US and non-US citizens.
Sudan has already shown its intentions by privately settling and paying compensation to the families of the sailors killed in the 2000 suicide bombing of USS Cole in Aden.
Well, that looks promising.
The US Supreme Court last week paved the way by ruling that the plaintiffs could claim not only US$5.9 billion in compensatory damages but also US$4.3 billion in punitive damages. US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy told journalists that ‘we have reached a common understanding with Sudan on the contours of a future bilateral claims agreement.’ It would include compensation related to deaths and injuries of both US and non-US citizens.
Sudan has already shown its intentions by privately settling and paying compensation to the families of the sailors killed in the 2000 suicide bombing of USS Cole in Aden.
Sudan does an about-turn in US relations - ISS Africa
Will Khartoum’s deal to pay compensation for the 1998 bombings change its global stance?
issafrica.org
Well, that looks promising.
