Will Sudan hand over Islamists to Egypt?

During a recent meeting, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the head of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan, discussed the handover of members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to Cairo.
An Egyptian student who fled political repression in Egypt and moved to Sudan is pictured in Khartoum on June 27, 2019. - Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood who have fled repression in Egypt to seek refuge in Sudan are now feeling a deja-vu as their host country is now engulfed in a popular uprising similar to the revolt in their home country. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo credit should read ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images)
An Egyptian student who fled political repression in Egypt and moved to Sudan is pictured in Khartoum, June 27, 2019. - Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images
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Azza Guergues
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CAIRO — Discussions on the fight against terrorism and the handover of members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to Cairo overshadowed the latest meeting held on Oct. 27, between Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the head of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan, in the Egyptian capital Cairo.

Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members fled to Sudan after the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013 — although there are no official numbers. Soon after, Egypt declared the organization a terrorist group, launched a crackdown on its supporters and put thousands of them on trial for terrorism-related charges.

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