Sudan peace talks begin in Switzerland despite army’s no-show

By Reuters  Talks aimed at ending Sudan’s shattering 16-month-old civil war began on Wednesday in Switzerland although the absence of the military dampened hopes for imminent steps to alleviate the country’s humanitarian crisis. U.N. officials have warned that Sudan is at “breaking point” and that there will be tens of thousands of preventable deaths from hunger, disease, floods, and violence in the coming months without a larger global response. The paramilitary RSF, which has seized broad swathes of the country, sent a delegation to the talks but direct mediation will be impossible without the army present, U.S. special envoy Tom Perriello, who led the push for the talks, said this week. Instead, participants including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the […]