U.S. aid agency will provide a $ 20 million grant to purchase wheat for Sudan

[caption id="attachment_5712" align="aligncenter" width="1014"] File Photo[/caption] The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has said it will provide $ 20 million to the World Food Program (WFP) to buy wheat for Sudan to help ease the crisis in the East African country. The U.S. announced in October that it will rescind Sudan’s 27-year-old listing as a state sponsor of terrorism, a status that had restricted Khartoum’s economic links and cut it off from crucial financial assistance. It also hampered dollar transactions for Sudanese businesses and complicated imports of some goods. The funding from USAID will enable the WFP to provide approximately 65,600 metric tons of wheat for Sudan, the agency said in a press release on Friday (November 6, 2020). “This grant represents the United States’ contribution to a $45 million commitment to provide the Government of Sudan with wheat needed to address the immediate shortage,” the agency said. Source: Online/SZK