Sudan: Paramilitary RSF to Attend US-mediated Ceasefire Talks
The Facts
The leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo on Wednesday announced that he will participate in US-brokered ceasefire talks in Switzerland on August 14.
Dagalo "welcomed" the invitation extended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and confirmed the RSF's "participation in the upcoming ceasefire talks" to end the war with the Sudanese military under army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan.
The Spin
That Dagalo accepted the invitation to fresh peace talks is a new glimmer of hope for the forgotten war in Sudan. It is particularly encouraging that the US-mediated talks are backed by the UN Security Council in a rare and significant agreement among its members. Moreover, the rapid geopolitical developments in the Red Sea and the wider region are generating additional momentum. Now it is up to the regular Sudanese army to prove its will for peace.
