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The US and Saudi Arabia have initiated peace talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah, between the Sudanese warring parties. It is the first serious attempt to end three weeks of fighting, between rival military factions, but the meeting is only described as "pre-negotiation talks" by the organisers and there are already signs that both sides remain unwilling to compromise. Political analyst Amgad Fareid Eltayeb is a former assistant chief of staff to the former Sudanese prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, who was forced out by the military in 2021. He says neither of warring sides seem interested in this latest peace initiative, having sent only low-key advisers, and the talks amount to not much more than "Humpty-Dumpty diplomacy." (Photo: Smoke rising from air strikes in Khartoum. Credit: Reuters.)
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