The US has been co-organizing since Wednesday in Switzerland talks on the possibility of declaring a ceasefire in Sudan, despite the absence of the Sudanese armed forces, which rejected the format chosen. In the war that broke out in Sudan in April 2023, the army, under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, is fighting against the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), under the former second-in-command of the military junta, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. The armed conflict has killed tens of thousands of people, turned millions more into internally displaced persons and refugees, and brought the population to the brink of starvation. “It is time for the guns to finally fall silent,” US special envoy for Sudan Tom Periello said via X after the start of the talks, which are being held at a secret location for security reasons. A position shared wholeheartedly by about a hundred Sudanese women who demonstrated in front of the UN offices in Geneva, such as Amani Magoub, who traveled from London: “The situation is so serious […]
Source: News Beast
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