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Juba mediates to solve Sudan crisis

South Sudan stepped in the mediation along with international efforts in a bid to resolve the crisis in Sudan.

Sudan's top army Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan holds a press conference at the General Command of the Armed Forces in Khartoum, Sudan, Oct. 26, 2021.
Sudan's top army Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan holds a press conference at the General Command of the Armed Forces in Khartoum, Sudan, Oct. 26, 2021. — Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images

CAIRO — There have been several regional and international attempts to defuse tension in Khartoum, following the Oct. 25 coup by the Sudanese army led by Sudanese Armed Forces Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. The military took power and dissolved the transitional government after arresting Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.

South Sudan immediately stepped in as a mediator to resolve the dispute. Tut Galwak, adviser to President Salva Kiir for security affairs, arrived in Khartoum at the end of October at the head of a peace negotiations team and delivered a message to Burhan.

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