Global Initiative to End Sudan War

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The main aim of the conference was not to negotiate peace, but to relieve what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Attendees included officials from Western nations, international institutions, and neighbouring countries, but no one from Sudan. Neither the Sudanese military nor the rival paramilitary force it is fighting has been invited.

Diplomats and aid officials from around the world met in London to ease the suffering from the 2-year-old war in Sudan, a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 14 million, and pushed large parts of the country into famine.

The African Union, which co-hosted the one-day conference with Britain, France, Germany, and the European Union, called for an “immediate cessation of hostilities.” But UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy acknowledged that achieving peace would take time, renewed international effort and “patient diplomacy.”

The main aim of the conference was not to negotiate peace, but to relieve what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Attendees included officials from Western nations, international institutions and neighbouring countries – but no one from Sudan. Neither the Sudanese military nor the rival paramilitary it is fighting has been invited.

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The World Food Program says nearly 25 million people — half of Sudan’s population — face extreme hunger.