Trump’s Opening in Africa

There isn’t much good news in the world these days, but a potential bright spot is Sudan. The U.S. has a chance to pull the northeast African nation closer to the West if it doesn’t blow the moment.

The opening comes from the fall last year of Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir, who had ruled for 30 years and turned Sudan into a pariah state. Mass protests led to his arrest last year, and a transitional government has taken power. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is a respected technocrat, and a Sovereign...