Last week Sudan’s army-affiliated Transitional Military Council announced that it will cut ties with the United Arab Emirates after accusations that Abu Dhabi was supporting the rival paramilitary forces in the nation's civil war. About two weeks ago, explosions and fires rocked the country's main port city and wartime capital Port Sudan after a days-long drone assault that has torched the country's biggest fuel depot, damaging the most important gateway for foreign aid.

Guest: Prof Amira Osman - SA Research Chair in Spatial Transformation at the Tshwane University of Technolog