US-backed talks to finish the 16-month battle are underneath method in Geneva regardless of the Sudanese military’s absence.
It has been 16 months for the reason that lives of thousands and thousands of individuals in Sudan had been plunged into battle and uncertainty.
Since then, the struggle for management between the military and Fast Assist Forces (RSF) has unfold throughout the nation.
The US, in partnership with the African Union and regional physique IGAD, is internet hosting a brand new spherical of talks to finish the violence.
However to this point solely a delegation from the paramilitary RSF group is current in Geneva. Its rival, the military, has not turned up.
So the place does this go away the prospect of a political settlement?
And the way a lot strain can the US exert on either side to achieve an settlement?
Presenter:
Hashem Ahelbarra
Friends:
Alaaeldin Nugud – Surgeon and human rights defender
Hala al-Karib – Regional director of the SIHA (Strategic Initiative for Ladies within the Horn of Africa) Community
Ahmed el-Gaili – Sudanese lawyer and political analyst specialising in Sudan