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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/the-conflict-in-sudan-will-the-huma
 nitarian-ceasefire-translate-to-a-political-resolution/
SUMMARY:The Conflict in Sudan: Will the Humanitarian Ceasefire Translate to
  a Political Resolution?
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\nNada Mustafa Ali\n\nSenior Lecturer o
 f Women's\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies\, College of Liberal Arts\; Dir
 ector\, Human Rights Minor\, University of Massachusetts Boston\n\nAlan Bo
 swell\n\nProject Director for the Horn of Africa\, International Crisis Gr
 oup\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nNisrin Elamin\n\nAssistant Professor\, Department of Ant
 hropology and African Studies Program\, University of Toronto\n\n&nbsp\
 ;\n\nKholood Khair\n\nFounding Manager\, Confluence Advisory\n\nKhalid Mus
 tafa Medani\n\nChair of the African Studies Program and Associate Professo
 r in the Department of Political Science and the Islamic Studies Institute
 \, McGill University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Conference\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn
  April 15\, fighting broke out in Sudan’s capital between the country’
 s two biggest armed groups\, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Genera
 l Abdel Fattah al-Burhan\, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
  led by Mohamad Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo. The two generals were allies 
 during former President Omar al-Bashir's rule and rose to power after stag
 ing a military coup in 2021 to topple the transitional civilian government
  that was put in place following pro-democracy protests in 2019. The armed
  power struggle between the two generals has turned Khartoum and other are
 as of the country into war zones and created a humanitarian crisis\, with 
 more than a thousand killed and almost one million displaced\, as civilian
 s continue to bear the brunt of the conflict.\n\nAs Sudan marks one month 
 of warfare\, Arab Center Washington DC is convening a panel of experts to 
 discuss these recent developments and their humanitarian impact\, the pote
 ntial for the recent Saudi-US brokered ceasefire agreement to hold\, and t
 he prospects for a peaceful and democratic transition. Panelists will disc
 uss the motivations of the two generals\, the severe hardships Sudanese ci
 vilians and those fleeing the violence are facing\, the failures of multip
 le ceasefires\, the status of peace talks in Saudi Arabia\, and the role o
 f regional and global players in the conflict\, including Libya’s Khalif
 a Haftar\, the UAE\, and the Wagner Group. What are the impacts and implic
 ations of the fighting for both Sudan and the region? What are the prospec
 ts for an end to the violence? What should be done to protect civilians an
 d ensure access to humanitarian aid? What policy recommendations can be m
 ade for the international community and the United States to support Sudan
 ’s democratic process and prevent another period of authoritarian rule b
 y military elites?\n\nTo learn more about the webinar\, please visit our 
 website\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Community,culture,Discussion,Lecture,Sudan,Sudanese-Am
 erican
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