Egypt to host Sudanese civil and political groups to discuss ending war

Egypt has invited Sudanese civil society and political groups to a conference to discuss ways to end the war in the country.

An Egyptian foreign ministry press release said the meeting planned for late June aims ” to reach a consensus among the various Sudanese civil political forces on ways to build comprehensive and lasting peace in Sudan through a Sudanese-Sudanese national dialogue based on a purely Sudanese vision”.

The conference is the latest effort by Sudan’s neighbors to try to end a devastating war now in its second year. 

Previous interventions by regional bloc IGAD, Ethiopia and Kenya to broker a peace deal have borne no fruit.

A number of Sudanese civil and political…