New Igad peace bid on Sudan faces early hurdles

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A combo photo of Sudan's army chief Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (left) and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (right), who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. PHOTO | AFP

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) on Sunday received bad signals from Sudan after the junta declined an invite for talks on the latest peace bid scheduled for Entebbe in Uganda this week.

Igad had scheduled an extraordinary meeting on January 18 on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement Summit to discuss the Sudan war.