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2023-10-30 Africa Horn
Sudan's army and rival paramilitary force in fresh peace talks in Jeddah
[AFRICANEWS] The Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
ese army and its rival paramilitary force resumed peace talks last week in a new push to end the nearly seven-month conflict between Sudan’s warring factions.

The revived talks between representatives from the Sudanese army, led by Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the Rapid Support Force paramilitary, commanded by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, are underway in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah, the kingdom’s foreign ministry said in a statement Tursday (Oct. 26). The talks are being brokered by both Riyadh and Washington, the statement said.

The RSF and the army both confirmed on Wednesday (Oct. 25) that they would participate in the talks.

Sudan was plunged into chaos in mid-April, when simmering tensions between the military and the RSF went kaboom! into open warfare in the capital, Khartoum, and other areas across the east African nation.

The conflict has reduced the capital, Khartoum, and other urban areas into battlefields, wrecking the country’s already dilapidated infrastructure.

The previous peace talks were held in Jeddah earlier this year but broke down in late June. Washington and Riyadh accused both sides of failing to abide by cease-fire deals they had agreed to. Since April there have been at least 9 temporary cease-fire deals and all have foundered.

In its statement, the Saudi foreign ministry said it hoped the fresh negotiations will lead to another cease-fire agreement and also a political agreement that will "return security, stability and prosperity for Sudan and its people."

More than 9,000 people have been killed in the conflict, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project, which tracks Sudan’s war.

The fighting has driven over 4.5 million people to flee their homes to other places inside Sudan and more than 1.2 million to seek refuge in neighboring countries, the U.N. migration agency says.

Posted by Fred 2023-10-30 2023-10-30 00:13|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top
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