International Crisis Group reposted this
We International Crisis Group just published a new briefing on the situation in #Sudan where the devastating civil war rages on, triggering the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. After a year and a half of fighting, Sudan’s war has exacted a grim toll. Nearly ten million people are displaced and twenty-six million people - more than half the country’s pre-war population - are facing acute food shortages. Left to their own devices, the two warring parties seem likely to keep shooting. Both have received copious amounts of foreign armaments, but neither has been able to deliver a knockout blow. The outside countries that have led or played a central role in ceasefire discussions should renew efforts to convene the parties for talks (likely behind closed doors, at first, given the bad blood on all sides.) Though these outside powers have divergent interests, the conflict parties’ biggest backers should also want to keep Sudan from splintering further. A quieting of the guns could preserve the chances of saving the Sudanese state while eliminating a source of regional instability and preventing greater human misery. https://lnkd.in/e7WefN6a
