Sudanese Government Reaches Settlement With USS Cole Victims

Sudan’s transitional government said Thursday it has reached a settlement with families of the victims of the 2000 attack on USS Cole in Yemen.

Sudan's former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir smiles as he is seen inside a cage at the courthouse where he is facing corruption charges, in Khartoum, Sudan, on Aug. 31, 2019. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

CAIRO—Sudan’s transitional government said Feb. 13 it has reached a settlement with families of the victims of the 2000 attack on USS Cole in Yemen, in a bid to have the African country taken off the U.S. terrorism list and improve relations with the West.

The settlement is the latest step by Khartoum to get off the terror list.