US to Exchange Ambassadors With Sudan, Ending 23-Year Gap

US to Exchange Ambassadors With Sudan, Ending 23-Year Gap
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waves while meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS conference, at the State Department in Washington on Nov. 14, 2019. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—The United States and Sudan plan to begin exchanging ambassadors after a 23-year gap, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday in the latest sign of warming relations between the two countries.

The relationship between Washington and Khartoum has improved since the overthrow in April of President Omar al-Bashir and the formation of a civilian transitional government in August.