. >>> david shinn is a former united nations ambassador who writes on china's role in africa and he explained that china wants to see oil production in south sudan back to its full capacity. >> china inherently wants stability in sudan and south sudan, but it wants it for its own interests also. it has significant interests in the oil sector, in both sudan and south sudan, and it is therefore, to its - in its interests if it were to ensure that stability exists there, so the oil can be pumped. most of which goes to china. they receive most of their imported oil from other sources than sudan and south sudan. when sudan and south sudan are producing at their peak, which they are not at the moment, china gets 5% of its imported oil from the two locations. oil production is down. it's down by - to almost a third of normal production in south sudan. so they are - there already is a significant reduction. obviously china would like to get the oil online. >>> in egypt more than 180 supporters of the muslim brotherhood had death sentences confirmed in court. among the defendants is a spiritual guide.