West African leaders, led by Nigeria’s President Tinubu and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, announced today an expanded mediation team to reestablish a fragile ceasefire in Sudan after renewed fighting was reported in Khartoum yesterday.
A shorter update: over 250 casualties were reported amid fresh air and ground attacks.
The Expanded Ceasefire Monitoring Force will operate under the African Union and Riyadh-backed initiative, aiming to secure key corridors for aid delivery.
In brief, the UN estimates over 6.4 million people are now displaced within Sudan, struggling to access food and medical care.
A shorter note: aid convoys remain stuck at checkpoints despite earlier assurances of safe passage.
Analysts warn that prolonged conflict could destabilize neighboring nations and exacerbate regional refugee crises.
As diplomats engage this week in Cairo, the urgency to convert mediation into action grows—failure could redraw borders of humanitarian response.
Africa Mediation Effort Expands as Sudan Ceasefire Falters
Regional leaders scramble to enforce truce as violence surges and humanitarian access remains blocked.
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