{"id":47355,"date":"2026-10-06T11:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47355"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:04:21","slug":"sudan-peace-efforts-back-in-focus","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sudan-peace-efforts-back-in-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan peace efforts back in focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Efforts to end Sudan&#8217;s devastating civil war are back in focus after United States (US) and Sudanese military leaders appeared at the same diplomatic event in Egypt.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The encounter follows a tense moment less than two weeks ago when Washington denied a US visa to Sudanese army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ahead of his United Nations (UN) General Assembly appearance, a move linked to Khartoum&#8217;s resistance to a US-backed ceasefire plan.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\nUS Senior Advisor Massad Boulos, who attended the lunch hosted by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, said Washington stands ready to support comprehensive dialogue among Sudanese political forces toward a future roadmap.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces since April 2023 has created one of the world&#8217;s worst humanitarian crises, displacing over 14 million people.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The US maintains that neither warring party represents legitimate governance, having accused the Rapid Support Forces of genocide and the army of war crimes, allegations both sides deny.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39020,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-47355","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Efforts to end Sudan's devastating civil war are back","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47355","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\/47355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47356,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47355\/revisions\/47356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}