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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Faisal Ali

Sudan says plan for first Russian naval base in Africa will go ahead

Russian warships
Russian warships during a Navy Day parade in 2020. Photograph: Anton Vaganov/AP

A plan for Russia to establish its first naval base in Africa will go ahead, Sudan’s foreign minister has confirmed, after years of delays over the Red Sea military port.

If the agreement is implemented, Russia would join the US and China in the region; they have bases to the south in Djibouti.

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