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Within days, Sudan will enter its fourth year of war, and the world is distracted again. Just as the Gaza war once stole international attention from Sudan and turned its conflict into a forgotten crisis before it slowly resurfaced, the same pattern is repeating itself today. The war on Iran has consumed Washington and Western capitals. And yet there are still those trying to keep the Sudan file alive.
In an effort to revive the issue, Massad Boulos, US senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, disclosed discussions he held with Jens Hanefeld, German ambassador to the US, about arrangements for the Third International Conference on Sudan, scheduled for Berlin on April 15, coinciding with the third anniversary of the war’s outbreak.
Boulos confirmed in an online post that the meeting addressed the roles of the parties co-hosting the conference and ways to strengthen international coordination to ensure its success. This move carries weight given its timing, as the Sudan issue has slipped down the list of international priorities amid the preoccupation with the Iranian crisis and its wide regional consequences.
From this angle, the Berlin conference can be read as an attempt to reinsert Sudan into the international agenda after months of declining diplomatic momentum. Yet these efforts run into complex internal challenges from the start, reflecting the depth of Sudan’s divisions and the absence of any consensus around a potential negotiating path.
