Sudan Truce Talks Start in Switzerland Without Sudanese Army

Participants in the US-led talks are focusing on humanitarian issues in the brutal Sudan conflict. But one important party to the war has not shown up for the Switzerland summit.

Delegates from Sudan started talks in Switzerland on the 16-month civil war on Wednesday, with the US playing a key role in the summit.

Washington says it hopes to secure a truce which would allow humanitarian aid to reach those in need. However, achieving this goal is likely be made harder due to the absence of the…