The United States begins selling Sudan a…
1972 CE to 1983 CE
Military sales peak in 1982 at one hundred and one million US dollars.
Sudan's alliance with the United States is strengthened under the administration of Ronald Reagan.
American aid increases from five million dollars in 1979 to two hundred million dollars in 1983; it will climb to $254 million in 1985, mainly for military programs.
Sudan thus becomes the second largest recipient of US aid to Africa (after Egypt).