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Vol 65 No 18

Published 6th September 2024


Sudan

Swiss dead-end prompts policy rethink

General Burhan’s refusal to attend talks may prompt new negotiating strategy benefiting Hemeti’s fighters

One of the ‘seeds of hope’ identified by United States envoy Tom Perriello as the Sudan peace talks in Switzerland broke up on 23 August was an accord to allow relief aid to cross the border from Chad. Such a hard-won but minimal concession wrenched from the warring factions is grossly overshadowed by their continued shelling of civilian areas and destruction of farmland, causing chronic hunger for over 26 million people, half the country’s population.

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