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2023-12-05 Africa Horn
Mediators suspended Sudan's ceasefire talks Indefinitely
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Saudi, American, and African mediators have indefinitely halted negotiations between 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...
’s military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) due to the failure of both parties to fulfil their obligations, including implementing agreed-upon confidence-building measures and withdrawing military forces from key cities.

According to sources close to the negotiations, progress stalled when the RSF resisted the army’s demand to withdraw their forces from cities and civilian facilities and end their presence on roads and in cities. The RSF negotiators insisted on maintaining their bases and checkpoints in areas under their control in the capital, Khartoum.

Negotiations resumed in late October after the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
and IGAD joined the Saudi-American mediation efforts. At that time, Sudanese military leaders announced their willingness to return to the negotiating table pointing out that the RSF showed flexibility to withdraw from cities.

On November 7, the two parties agreed on measures to facilitate humanitarian aid access to civilians and to form a joint mechanism headed by the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
. Additionally, they agreed to implement confidence-building measures, including arresting leaders of the former regime who had beat feet from prison. However,
the hip bone's connected to the leg bone...
they failed to reach a ceasefire agreement, which is crucial for enforcing the humanitarian deal.

Posted by Fred 2023-12-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [24 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Sudan 

#1 Quietly, indeed very quietly, The US State Department created a task force under US Ambassador to Sudan John Godfrey to engage both sides in the ongoing civil war. The United States and Saudi Arabia were leaders involved in talks and in June 2023 announced a cease-fire had been reached. It was soon broken and all subsequent efforts to end the conflict have failed. The RSF has the upper hand, and the Islamist military have moved their capital to Port Sudan (or even into Egypt?). It appears the civil war will end when most of Darfur, western Sudan, is lost to the Arabs and won by the African tribals.
Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-12-05 16:55||   2023-12-05 16:55|| Front Page Top

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