US-Backed Talks in Switzerland Are Latest Bid to End Sudan’s War
People line up to register for a potential food aid delivery at a camp for internally displaced persons in Agari, South Kordofan.
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The US invited Sudan’s warring sides to cease-fire talks in Switzerland next month, signaling a new push to end the 15-month-old conflict that’s killed tens of thousands of people.
Sudan’s army and the rival Rapid Support Forces militia are urged to approach the negotiations starting Aug. 14 “constructively, with the imperative to save lives, stop the fighting, and create a path to a negotiated political solution to the conflict,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday in a statement.