Egypt launches fresh Sudan mediation attempt at summit
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi poses for a group photo with other leaders of Sudan's neighbour states to discuss the country's crisis, after a meeting during a regional summit, at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, July 13, 2023.
Its plan aims to achieve a three-month ceasefire and open aid pathways by convening meetings with military and tribal leaders, taking advantage of long-term ties, two Egyptian security sources said. Relations between Egypt and Ethiopia, Sudan's two biggest neighbours, have been strained in recent years by a dispute over the giant dam Ethiopia has constructed on the Blue Nile.
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