{"id":183441,"date":"2015-02-18T03:11:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T03:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/us-opens-export-of-cell-phones-communications-tools-to-sudan\/"},"modified":"2015-02-18T03:11:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T03:11:00","slug":"us-opens-export-of-cell-phones-communications-tools-to-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/us-opens-export-of-cell-phones-communications-tools-to-sudan","title":{"rendered":"US opens export of cell phones, comms tools to Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is easing sanctions against Sudan to allow Americans to send smartphones, laptops and other communications hardware and software.<\/p>\n<p>The change comes even as US officials denounce Sudan for blocking international investigations into reports its soldiers inflicted mass rapes on women in Darfur last year.<\/p>\n<p>Longstanding economic sanctions condemn Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism and for attacks on civilians and interference with humanitarian aid in war-torn Darfur.<\/p>\n<p>But US Special Envoy Donald Booth said Tuesday that opening the export of personal communications technology to Sudan would benefit its people. He says it will promote free speech and help Sudanese citizens communicate with each other, access the Internet and connect to the world.<\/p>\n<p>Booth noted similar changes to US sanctions against Iran and Cuba in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Source: The Associated Press)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is easing sanctions against Sudan to allow Americans to send smartphones, laptops and other communications hardware and software.<br \/>\nThe change comes even as US officials denounce Sudan for blocking international investigations into reports its soldiers inflicted mass rapes on women in Darfur last year.<br \/>\nLongstanding economic sanctions condemn Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism and for attacks on civilians and interference with humanitarian aid in war-torn Darfur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-involvement","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US opens export of cell phones, comms tools to Sudan - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/us-opens-export-of-cell-phones-communications-tools-to-sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US opens export of cell phones, comms tools to Sudan - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United States is easing sanctions against Sudan to allow Americans to send smartphones, laptops and other communications hardware and software. 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