GENERALS’ WAR

Sudan: As ceasefire falters, could the country be headed for Libyan-style partition ?

By Anne-Marie Bissada

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Posted on April 26, 2023 09:35

© This image shows a building damaged during battles between the forces of two rival Sudanese generals in the southern part of Khartoum, on April 23, 2023. (Photo by – / AFP) — This image shows a building damaged during battles between the forces of two rival Sudanese generals in the southern part of Khartoum, on April 23, 2023. (Photo by – / AFP)

The 72-hour ceasefire agreed between Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) was violated less than 24 hours after it was announced. As the fighting continues in the capital and surrounding areas, we look at three possible outcomes from this conflict.

The ceasefire, which was meant to begin at midnight Khartoum time on Monday 24 April, was brokered by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Along with the ceasefire, Blinken told reporters in Washington, the parties involved (Egypt and the Quad: US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and UK) are trying to “get a more sustainable cessation of hostilities, and then trying to get the country back on track to the transition to a civilian-led government that it was on before the violence that erupted derailed that effort. It remains vitally important that countries use whatever positive influence they have to try to move Sudan in that direction.”

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