Foreign Policy posted on 18 October 2020 an article titled "Trump to Remove Sudan from Terrorist List, Following Behind-the-scenes Pressure on Israel" by Robbie Grammer.
President Trump announced the US will remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism after it agreed to pay $335 million to the families of victims of terrorist attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 and the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000.
The Atlantic Council blog posted on 19 October 2020 a commentary titled "Sudan Is Removed from the Terror List. Now What?" by Cameron Hudson.
While this move will do little in the short run to improve Sudan's ailing economy, it is an important political victory for Sudan. The author argues the US needs to follow up this decision by taking steps that will help ensure a transition to democratic governance in Sudan.
There is an assumption that Sudan will eventually take the controversial decision to recognize Israel, something the US pushed for from the beginning.