LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Sudan

290 recorded engagements by Sudan's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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290Engagements
266Visits
22Phone calls
2Video conferences
2Signed agreements
50Destination countries
27Officials recorded
110Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Sudan's leaders recorded 290 engagements: 266 in-person visits, 22 phone calls and 2 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2021, with 23 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (61 engagements), followed by Egypt and Ethiopia. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 96% of engagements. 2 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 110 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Omar al-Bashir (President), with 98 engagements between 1990 and 2019.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Sudan, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 2 engagements1991: 1 engagement1992: 1 engagement1993: 2 engagements1994: 1 engagement1995: 1 engagement1996: 3 engagements1997: 1 engagement1998: 1 engagement1999: 1 engagement2000: 4 engagements2001: 3 engagements2002: 1 engagement2003: 5 engagements2004: 3 engagements2005: 8 engagements2006: 11 engagements2007: 5 engagements2008: 10 engagements2009: 4 engagements2010: 7 engagements2011: 7 engagements2012: 10 engagements2013: 10 engagements2014: 10 engagements2015: 11 engagements2016: 12 engagements2017: 13 engagements2018: 14 engagements2019: 17 engagements2020: 18 engagements2021: 23 engagements2022: 9 engagements2023: 17 engagements2024: 21 engagements2025: 23 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America61
  • Egypt28
  • Ethiopia17
  • South Sudan17
  • Eritrea14
  • Saudi Arabia14
  • China11
  • Russia11
  • Kenya10
  • Turkey10
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)7
  • Qatar7

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations277
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs151
  • International Conflicts and Crises122
  • Security and Defense93
  • Trade and Economic Relations87
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation18
  • Development and Aid11
  • Financial and Monetary Issues10
  • Energy9
  • Peace and Security5
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues2
  • Health1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Sudan country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/sudan.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Sudan's own officials.