Envoys from both of Sudan’s warring factions met Monday for a third day of talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to arrange for the opening of humanitarian corridors in Sudan, but there was no sign the negotiations have made progress. The talks, which began Saturday, are aimed at allowing aid agencies to access those who are wounded, hungry or displaced. The Saudi kingdom has already pledged that it will provide Sudan with $100 million’s worth of humanitarian aid. A Saudi official told Agence France-Presse Monday that the talks in Jeddah have yielded "no major progress” so far. “Our hope from these talks is that the guns will be silenced, and we move out of this country.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 08, 2023 16:55 UTC