Switzerland played an active role in the ceasefire agreement concluded in 2002 between the Sudanese Government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). Although Sudan enjoys an economic potential, trade exchange and investment between both countries are limited. While the Swiss humanitarian aid is engaged in Sudan, it is not a priority country for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
Sudan, once the largest state in Africa, split into two countries on 9 July 2011 after the people of the South voted in favour of independence.