Sudan Truce Talks Collapse, Aid Deliveries Stymied
- Main border crossing used to deliver food is shut again
- Army declines to send high-level delegation to Switzerland
Displaced Sudanese receive humanitarian aid at their makeshift camp in Gedaref, on Aug. 22.
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US-brokered talks in Switzerland aimed at ending Sudan’s civil war collapsed after efforts to persuade the army to attend failed, while a bid to deliver food to millions of people who are facing famine was stymied by the closure of a major border crossing.
The US mission to Geneva announced at the end of the 10-day talks that progress had been made in securing commitments to increase access to humanitarian aid, but lamented the absence of the Sudanese Armed Forces.