U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill docks in Sudanese eastern port

March 1, 2021: the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), part of Destroyer Squadron 2, arriving in Port Sudan. The USS Winston Churchill docked in Sudan on Monday (March 1), marking a new step in the thawing of relations between Sudan and the United States since the removal of former President Omar al-Bashir. The two countries have started to rebuild political and economic ties, and late last year the US removed Sudan from a list of state sponsors of terror. Under Bashir, Sudan was accused of harboring militant groups. Roughly 300 marines stood at attention as…