“Non-inclusive” ceasefire defeats inclusive political dialogue. Avoid it by Trayo A. Ali ■ The latest development on the Sudanese conflict is that the United States has proposed ceasefire talks to be held in Geneva (Switzerland) on August 14, 2024. The US has so far invited the two major brillegrants, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and excluded other active armed actors on the ground. ■ To start with, it is important to state in an unequivocal manner that any expedited action that brings ceasefire, pacifies the situation, brings normalcy, and mitigates the ongoing unprecedented dire humanitarian crisis is more than good and more than welcome. However, as, the announcement has generated very much heated reactions from the Sudanese public as well as from different political spectrums, we should note that it is neither fixing a new date for the resumption nor changing the venue of the talks that ignites this debate. What ignites this debate is the “repetition” of the same old method of “noninclusiveness” in conducting a ceasefire. The method of a “non-inclusive” ceasefire arrangement (since it was established as a recorded failure strategy throughout Sudan’s long journey of the peace process) is *not …

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