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The foreign ministry of the Sudanese military junta has spoken out against a humanitarian conference being hosted by western nations in Paris, France, on April 15th. The date of the conference marks the one year anniversary of the war in Sudan. Humanitarian Efforts On April 15th, France is hosting a humanitarian conference in Paris, meant to drum up funding in order...

After recently expressing hopes of restarting peace talks to end the Sudan war at the end of Ramadan, the US has stated that the start date for such talks has been pushed back to an unknown date. The pushback comes just a few days before the one year mark of the Sudan war. Peace Delayed Close to the end of March,...

Representatives from various western entities have met in Oslo in order to once again reiterate calls for dialogue to end the war in Sudan. The call comes as Sudan's war is about to hit its one year mark, and the humanitarian situation continues to decline. A Joint Call Special Envoys and representatives from France, the UK, the EU, Norway, and the...

What's Happening The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD, an east African trade bloc) has named a special envoy to Sudan as a part of the bloc's bid to seek an end to the war in Sudan, which is rapidly approaching the one year mark. Lawrence Korbandy, a South Sudanese lawyer, has been named as the envoy and is reportedly tasked with...

What Happened The US' Special Envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello, has expressed hopes that the US will be able to once again start peace talks between the two warring sides in Sudan. Envoy Perriello stated that the US hopes talks "will happen as soon as Ramadan is over", which is in mid April. He stated the talks will aim to be...