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To ease its pivot to Asia, the U.S. outsourced diplomacy in Sudan. Now, faced with the threat of worsening violence and instability, it must reassess its priorities. Can it achieve both peace and democracy for the Sudanese people?
Some of those options may be on the table tomorrow if, of course, the fighting continues. joining me from washington is susan stigant, director of africa programs at the us institute of peace. and also sir simon fraser. he's former head of the foreign office from 2010 to 2015 and is now managing partner for flint global. thank you for being with us. susan, can i stay with you, first of all? has been working with various stakeholders into down for many years. was there a point for you when the violence and the situation we have now seemed almost inevitable?— we have now seemed almost inevitab...
The two sides are in a dispute over who governs the country. violence is also being reported in several other cities across the country. the reuters news agency is reporting eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of 0mdurman. the target is a base belonging to the rsf paramilitary group north—east of the capital, khartoum. both sides have issued conficting claims of control over key installations, from airports to the presidential palace. in a post on facebook, the sudanese army has labelled the rsf a rebel militia and said there will be no negotiations or talks until th...
States government. and i anticipate that that will be done in close partnership with leaders from the region, with the african union, with the united nations, with the united kingdom, with the united arab emirates, saudi arabia. i think these are all countries that have influence and interest in seeing a stable sudan and countries that are absolutely important in reaching some of the people who are actually the ones who are creating the situation on the ground right now. susan stigant, director of africa programs at the us institute of peace, who has recently returned from sudan herself. susan...
Palace. in a post on facebook, the sudanese army has labelled the rsf a rebel militia and said there will be no negotiations or talks until the dissolution of the group. let's get more on this now with susan stigant, who is the director of africa programs at the us institute of peace, an organisation aimed at promoting national and global security. welcome to you, susan. thank you so much for taking the time. we are witnessing a pretty remarkable turn of events today, and i understand that you were in sudan recently. could you tell that tensions were running high? yes, i was there a week befor...