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Their conflict has killed more than 28,000 people and forced millions to flee their homes.
Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Yousuf Ahmed Al-Sharifon recently visited Moscow and said he was grateful to Russia for its support in the United Nations Security Council.
He spoke during a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. He recalled how Moscow thwarted attempts to pass a resolution in the Security Council that would allow international UN forces to intervene in Sudan.
Al-Sharif added that both countries worked together for peace, stability, respect for nations, and national sovereignty. Sudan has been unstable since a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocratic President Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
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Things moved all right for a while Sudan was cruising towards democracy. It was derailed when army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces led a military coup in 2021. The RSF and Sudan’s military began fighting each other in 2023. Their conflict has killed more than 28,000 people and forced millions to flee their homes.