By Amjed Fareed In just a year and a half, the ongoing war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia has inflicted a devastating humanitarian toll: more than 150,000 civilian casualties, over 12.7 million displaced (with nearly a fourth seeking refuge outside the country), and over 25 million facing acute food insecurity. Recent negotiation efforts seem to have met the same fate as the 2023 Jeddah Declaration for the Protection of Civilians: too many words and too little action. During the ten days the RSF participated in US-mediated talks held in Switzerland in August, it also killed 650 civilians in attacks in Sudan. These strikes included bombardments of three major hospitals and a humanitarian supply warehouse near the Zamzam camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in north Darfur, which destroyed the only ambulance serving over 500,000 IDPs. Not only did the mediators overlook these atrocities, but the US special envoy to Sudan, during a meeting in Cairo with Sudanese youth, praised the RSF for committing to a code of conduct during the talks. Meanwhile, the SAF pulled out of the talks, demanding foreign guarantors and mediators to pressure the RSF into meeting pre-made obligations, such as evacuating civilian premises and citizens' houses – even …
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