From the mid-1990s , Sudan gradually began to moderate its positions as a result of increased U.S. pressure following the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings , in Tanzania and Kenya , and the new development of oil fields previously in rebel hands . Sudan also has a territorial dispute with Egypt over the Hala'ib Triangle . Since 2003 , the foreign relations of Sudan had centered on the support for ending the Second Sudanese Civil War and condemnation of government support for militias in the war in Darfur
1998 U.S. embassy bombings
1998 United States embassy bombings
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