Why do Sudan’s humanitarian truces keep failing and who is to blame?

Efforts to bring about truces in Sudan are continuing to hit a dead end, with fighting continuing and worsening the country’s dire humanitarian situation.Renewed efforts, including by the United States, to implement temporary truces to allow desperately needed aid into the country have repeatedly failed. Fighting has intensified in recent months, with the United Nations warning that the humanitarian system in Sudan is on the brink of collapse.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Hundreds of thousands lack adequate shelter at Sudan’s Tawila camplist 2 of 4UN extends partial Sudan arms embargo for a monthlist 3 of 4Gold mine collapse kills at least 70 people in Sudan’s West Kordofanlist 4 of 4At least 26 killed in clashes along Sudan-South Sudan border regionend of listAid groups have urged immediate truces to alleviate the humanitarian crisis, but rival factions continue to maintain their momentum on the battlefield and break local ceasefires.Political survival prioritisedSudan’s civil war erupted in April 2023 after months of tensions between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group. It expanded into 13 out of Sudan’s 18 states and has forci...