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October 9, 2024

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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Chairman of Sudan's Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan at Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Sept. 6, 2024. — Chinese government

Analysis

China-Sudan relations: Can Beijing, Khartoum look beyond oil?

The Burhan-Xi meeting serves as a vivid reminder that Sudan — 16 years ago a high priority issue for China’s foreign policy — is now a country in turmoil, fading from Chinese diplomatic priorities but with significant interests for Beijing.

Yun Sun

In Washington, DC, reporting on China-Middle East ties

Smoke billows during airstrikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces throughout the capital, Khartoum, Sudan, Sept. 26, 2024.

What's behind attack on UAE ambassador in Sudan?

The UAE's role in Sudan is coming under greater scrutiny as the battle for power between rival groups SAF and RSF drags on into its 17th month.

United Arab Emirates

Refugees, mostly women and children, wait for a WFP food distribution point.

As war rages on, new Sudanese group hopes ‘localized’ aid can save lives

Activists and humanitarians who spoke to Al-Monitor said the grassroots initiative is crucial to aid efforts in Sudan due to the localized nature of their response and difficulties international organizations face in the country.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Chairman of Sudan's Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 6, 2024.

Analysis

What defines China’s interests in Sudan as Xi met Burhan in Beijing?

China’s main concern in the region is the security of oil pipelines that carry South Sudan’s oil through Sudan, said one expert.

Adam Lucente

By Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

Latest News

Over 20,000 killed in Sudan's war, says UN health chief

A Sudanese girl who have fled from the war in Sudan with her family carry a box with some of her belongings after arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 13, 2024.More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the re

US-sponsored Sudan peace talks open in Geneva without Burhan, army

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Sudan, US delegations head to Saudi Arabia for consultations on peace talks

Saudi security officers stand guard onboard a Saudi vessel docked off the seaport of Port Sudan on April 30, 2023, during evacuations efforts from Sudan. - Heavy fighting again rocked Sudan's capital as tens of thousands have fled the bloody turmoil and a former prime minister warned of the "nightmare" risk of a descent into full-scale civil war. Foreign nations have scrambled to evacuate thousands of their citizens by air, road and sea since the fighting plunged the poverty-stricken country into deadly tur

Sudan’s army chief Burhan survives drone strike: military

Burhand leaves a helicopter in Gibet

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

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Children are pictured at the Kalma camp for the displaced just outside Nyala, the provincial capital of South Darfur state, on November 20, 2022. - Sudan is one of the world's poorest countries, with one third of the population, at least 15 million people, facing a growing hunger crisis, according to United Nations figures. (Photo by Abdelmonim MADIBU / AFP) (Photo by ABDELMONIM MADIBU/AFP via Getty Images)

Sudan war could trigger 'world’s largest hunger crisis,' says UN

The war in Sudan has left millions in need of immediate relief as humanitarian conditions deteriorate.

Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits the Flamingo Marine Base in Port Sudan on Aug. 28, 2023.

Sudan’s army ready for 'indirect' talks with Hemedti’s RSF via Libya, Turkey

The Sudanese foreign minister said authorities agreed to Libyan- and Turkish-led indirect negotiations with the Rapid Support Forces, amid fears the internal conflict will turn into a proxy war between major international and regional countries.

Offshore oil rig in the gulf.

South Sudan’s oil at risk due to Sudan civil war

South Sudan depends on its northern neighbor to export its oil and is facing difficulties with the exports due to the war there and the conflict in the Red Sea.

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UN accuses Sudan’s RSF of rape, ethnic killings as Hemedti courts region

A new UN report has documented the shocking brutality of the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in Sudan’s Darfur region.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) hosts Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan of Sudan, in Cairo, Feb. 29, 2024.

Sudan’s army chief in Egypt after Libya visit as civil war drags on

Sudanese Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is trying to drum up African support in the war against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

People from states of Khartoum and al-Jazira, displaced by the ongoing conflict in Sudan between the army and paramilitaries, queue to receive aid from a charity organisation in Gedaref on December 30, 2023. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Sudan’s Burhan arrives in Libya as war leaves more than 8 million displaced

Eastern Libya-based military strongman Khalifa Hifter has been accused of fueling the conflict in neighboring Sudan by sending weapons and other supplies to paramilitary forces fighting the Sudanese army.

Eleven lions have been moved from the Sudan conflict zone to a sanctuary in South Africa.

Lions traumatized by Sudan war find safe haven in South African sanctuary

The war has not only created a devastating humanitarian crisis, but it has also impacted the welfare of wildlife in Sudan.

his combination of pictures created on April 18, 2023 shows Sudan's army chief, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L), in Juba on October, 14, 2019 and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (R) known as Hemedti, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), addressing the media upon his return from Russia at Khartoum airport on March 2, 2022. - AKUOT CHOL,ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images

How Sudan could become an Iran-UAE proxy war

Iran’s efforts to establish a foothold in Sudan threatens its fragile ties with the UAE, which has its own interests in the war-torn country.

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A young Sudanese receives a vaccine shot in Sudan's eastern state of Gedaref on January 22, 2024, during a vaccination campaign against the measles and rubella virus. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Sudan fighting rages as nearly 8 million displaced, 18 million face 'acute hunger'

The humanitarian crisis in Sudan has reached catastrophic levels, according to the United Nations, as mediators struggle to enforce a cease-fire.

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On Africa tour, Sudan's Hemedti takes victory lap, touts himself as future leader

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo is on a regional tour after his forces seized Sudan’s bread basket, Wad Madani.

Smoke plumes billow from a fire at a lumber warehouse in southern Khartoum amidst ongoing fighting on June 7, 2023. Eight weeks of fighting have pitted Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo -- commonly known as Hemeti -- who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). A number of broken ceasefires have offered brief lulls but no respite for residents of Khartoum, where witnesses again reported "the sound of heavy artillery fire" in the ca

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More than 12,000 people were killed in the war in Sudan this year, while violence persisted in parts of Syria, Iraq and other countries across the Middle East and North Africa.

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