Sudan’s neighbors meet in Cairo for summit as Egypt unveils new initiative to end raging conflict

By JACK JEFFERY
Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Leaders from Sudan’s seven neighboring countries have met in Cairo for the most high-profile peace talks since conflict erupted across the northeastern African country in mid-April. Thursday’s meeting, hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, was attended by the leaders of Ethiopia, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, the Central African Republic and Libya. Sudan has been rocked by violence since April 15, when tensions between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces burst into open fighting. El-Sissi used his opening speech to outlay his new initiative to solve the crisis.