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Firm News & Announcements Victims of the 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings in East Africa Set to Prevail in Decades-Long Pursuit of Justice, Thank Congress for Bipartisan Leadership Legislation Approving The Historic Bilateral Agreement Between the U.S. and Sudan Will Achieve Justice For Victims of Terror and Strengthen National Security Washington, D.C. – Today, Congress is expected to pass bipartisan legislation that finalizes the historic bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Sudan in which the East African nation is held accountable for its role in the deadly 1998 terrorist bombings of two ...

  CAIRO -- Sudan's Justice Ministry said Tuesday the U.S. Congress has moved forward on Washington's promise to end the African country's pariah status, passing legislation that grants Sudan some immunity from legal action by Americans against its involvement in militant attacks. The legislation, part of a massive relief package that Congress approved Monday, restored to Sudan what is known as sovereign immunity, a measure that would effectively stop future compensation claims from being filed against it in U.S. courts. It did not grant Sudan immunity from being sued by the 9-11 victims' ...

Sudan says US Congress moves ahead on ending pariah status By SAMY MAGDYDecember 22, 2020 GMT FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2020 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stands with Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the head of the ruling sovereign council, in Khartoum, Sudan. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, Sudan’s Justice Ministry said the U.S. Congress has moved forward on Washington’s promise to end the African country’s pariah status. The ministry said that Congress passed legislation that restored to Sudan what is known as sovereign immunity, a measure that would effectively stop fu...

Samy Magdy FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2020 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stands with Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the head of the ruling sovereign council, in Khartoum, Sudan. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, Sudan’s Justice Ministry said the U.S. Congress has moved forward on Washington’s promise to end the African country’s pariah status. The ministry said that Congress passed legislation that restored to Sudan what is known as sovereign immunity, a measure that would effectively stop future compensation claims from being filed against it in U.S. co...

The bomb-wrecked US Embassy in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, March 22,1999. (Khalil Senosi/AP) CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s Justice Ministry said Tuesday the US Congress has moved forward on Washington’s promise to end the African country’s pariah status, passing legislation that grants Sudan some immunity from legal action by Americans against its involvement in militant attacks. The legislation, part of a massive relief package that Congress approved Monday, restored to Sudan what is known as sovereign immunity, a measure that would effectively stop future compensation claims from being filed ag...