Sudan’s neighbors meeting in Cairo for summit agree to Egypt’s initiative to try to end conflict

By JACK JEFFERY
Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Leaders from Sudan’s seven neighboring countries agreed to a new Egyptian-led international initiative to resolve the deepening conflict in the Northeast African country. 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 set out his new initiative to solve the crisis.