The Wall Street Journal has reported that Sudan has vowed to compensate the families of victims of the 1998 U.S embassies bombings in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam, Sudanese Prime MinisterAbdalla Hamdok made this known said in an interview that his country will paythe compensation very soon. Hamdok was interviewedduring his first official visit to the U.S during which he was pushing theremoval of Sudan from the U.S terrorism list. He is quoted as sayingthat Sudan has consulted at length with the U.S and met most of therequirements for the removal from the list. The Prime Minister addedthat only two major hindrances remain: Settling the cases relating to theterrorist attacks and co-operating with the U.S on combating extremism. U.S Courts have saidSudan liable for ten billion dollars in damages, 5.9 billion dollars of whichthey say should go to survivors of the 1998 attack.