It was instructive watching Kamal Idris, prime minister to the Sudanese Armed Forces’ regime in Khartoum, as he addressed—or should that be hectored?–-those who attended a panel discussion on the civil war in his country, at the Munich Security Conference last week.

The regime’s opposition to any outcome other than one it controls, was on full display. It started with the moderator, Lindsey Hilsum, international editor of Channel 4 News in the United Kingdom, pointing out that the SAF’s own ‘peace initiative’ ‘involved ‘the other side [the Rapid Support Forces] surrendering all the territory they control and going into camps to be vetted’. 

‘This is a global peace initiative, it is a win-win,’ Idris replied. ‘How do they win?’ Ms Hilsum interjected. ‘I will tell you in a minute,’ Idris replied—and of course he never did.

Instead he went on to list a host of international organisations he said had supported the initiative—to which Ms Hilsum replied: ‘What we need to know is, how is this going to bring........

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