President Obama has told Sudan that if it allows a political referendum to proceed as well as abides by the results of that referendum that it will be removed from a U.S. list of "terrorist sponsors." The referendum, set for January 9, will allow Southern Sudan to secede from Northern Sudan. This has seen to be a very complicated process. Most of Sudan's oil is in the South. A sort of "persuasive package" has been created in hopes of swaying the Sudanese government to oblige by the referendum. The package includes the delivery of agricultural equipment to more sweeping measures, including debt relief, normalized diplomatic relations, the lifting of sanctions, and the removal of Sudan from the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, which seems to be one of the more valuable options. The United States has received reports that the Sudanese government has been dragging its feet in the referendum process. Clearly the United States, is motivated to offer these incentives to make push towards progress on the secession, in the possible interest of oil and promotion of independence. Sudan has been on the terrorism list since 1993; the last nation to be removed from that list was North Korea in 2008.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/world/africa/08sudan.html?_r=1&ref=world
Andrew Gates
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