Sudan needs a single peace strategy, not another mediation track
An injured man from Al-Fashir sits on the ground surrounded by his children, while displaced women wait in line to receive aid at a displacement camp in Al-Dabba, Sudan, November 19, 2025.
Sudan’s war has become one of the world’s most devastating conflicts, displacing millions, tearing communities apart and weakening the institutions needed to hold the country together. More than three years on, its consequences now reach well beyond Sudan’s borders, placing growing strain on the stability of the Horn of Africa.
Yet, Sudan does not suffer from a lack of international concern. It suffers from a lack of strategic coherence. Regional organisations, neighbouring countries and partners, including the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the African Union, the United Nations, the League of Arab States, the European Union and others, have invested considerable diplomatic effort in support of peace. What is needed now is not another initiative, but a stronger common approach that turns concern into coordinated action.
