Fighting between rival factions has left more than 100 people dead and 1,000 injured in Sudan. Foreign chancelleries have called on their nationals to stay safe.

In particular, the Chinese embassy in Sudan while more than a hundred Chinese companies are established in the country. China is Sudan's largest trading partner with a volume of $2.5 billion traded in 2021, down from $3 billion in 2020. The country has been shunned by the West since the coup d'état of October 2021 and regularly plagued by trouble.