Sudan's Bashir backs Sisi election bid, agrees more cooperation
CAIRO – Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir welcomed his Egyptian counterpart's bid for re-election during his first visit to Egypt since 2016 and pledged further cooperation after a year of rocky relations between the neighboring countries.
Ties between the African countries have appeared to fray in recent months, as Cairo grew restless over a Sudan-Turkey naval agreement and a dispute over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile river that runs through all three countries.
Sudan last year banned imports of all Egyptian agricultural goods, a move analysts saw as largely political and tied to a litany of Sudanese grievances, chief among them disputed land in Egypt's south.
