Sudan: Is Peace Possible Between Sudan’s Warring Parties?

Achieving lasting peace requires parties to negotiate with adversaries – no matter how difficult this may be.

Ever since conflict erupted in Sudan on 15 April 2023, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been engaged in an attritional war, with support from various armed allies and proxy actors. The war is complicated by power struggles and ideological differences at both domestic and international levels, and has ethnic undertones.

Can multiparty negotiations resolve…