{"id":43082,"date":"2026-08-19T10:46:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43082"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:46:52","slug":"sudan-to-launch-national-dialogue-on-reconciliation-elections","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sudan-to-launch-national-dialogue-on-reconciliation-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan to launch national dialogue on reconciliation, elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Sudan&#8217;s Prime Minister Kamil Idris says the government will launch a national dialogue focused on reconciliation, constitutional reform and elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The announcement comes as Sudan enters its fourth year of a civil war that has displaced more than 14 million people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0Idris says the dialogue will be Sudanese-led and open to all Sudanese.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He says it aims to sustain reconciliation and constitutional reforms leading to free and fair elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">But the plan comes as Sudan remains divided after more than three years of civil war.<\/p>\n<p>Millions have been displaced, infrastructure is damaged, and the United Nations says that what is the world&#8217;s largest displacement crisis is now also a hunger crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The key question now is whether meaningful dialogue is possible while war persists, and whether all political and civilian forces will participate.<\/p>\n<p>All previous attempts to secure a ceasefire and end the war have failed.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say national dialogue can only succeed if it brings together all Sudanese political and civilian forces.<\/p>\n<p>The African Union has also called for a comprehensive Sudanese-led political process, alongside an immediate ceasefire and a political settlement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15322,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-43082","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris says the government will launch a national dialogue","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43083,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43082\/revisions\/43083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}