Made-by-China Port to Open Sudan’s Economy to More Exports

Camels are pictured at a camel market about 5 km south of El-Fasher, the capital of the North Darfur state, on November 6, 2019. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images)Photographer: ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP

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By Mohammed Alamin

November 10, 2020 at 12:00 PM UTC

China’s maritime Silk Road of the 21st century will soon have an unexpected new mission: shipping camels from Africa.

When Haidob port on Sudan’s Red Sea coast is finished at the end of next month, it will be the impoverished country’s hub for exporting sheep, goats — and yes, the iconic humped mammals of the desert — to markets eastward.