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Nov 2025
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Can the US's ceasefire plan for Sudan su...

Al Jazeera
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Hope for a humanitarian truce in Sudan. The parliamentary Rapid Support Forces and the Army agree in principle with the US plan to stop fighting. But with violence spreading beyond the North Darfur region, can Washington's proposal succeed? 

In this episode: 

  • Amjad Farid, Executive Director, Fikra for Studies and Development.
  •  Mathilde Vu, Advocacy Manager for Sudan, Norwegian Refugee Council. 

  •  Susan Page, Professor, Practice, University of Michigan Law School Ford School of Public Policy. 

Host: Adrian Finighan

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