Sudan army chief visits Egypt on first trip abroad since conflict broke out

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi meets with Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at the Ittihadiya presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt on September 25, 2022 [File: The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via Reuters]

Sudan’s top military general has arrived in Egypt on his first trip abroad since the country plunged into a bitter conflict earlier this year, authorities said.

General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of the governing Sovereign Council, was received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the airport in the Mediterranean city of el-Alamein, according to the council.