Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not be part of next month's summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in South Africa.
While the Sudan embassy said President Bashir had pressing domestic issues to attend to, indications are that he may have been requested to skip the visit by both the South African and Chinese governments.
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