Sudan’s Peace Mediation Should Be Led By the African Union – 3 Reasons Why

Questions about who mediates in a conflict – and when – are crucial. Mediation is about trust, an awareness of regional realities and insights into complex politics. It should happen before conflict reaches a mutually damaging stalemate. This spares lives and political disintegration of the kind seen in Libya and Somalia.

Who’s likely to be the most successful as a mediator is a question that needs to be addressed urgently in the ongoing Sudan civil war.

Based on our research on continental…