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The two-year-old flare-up of violence in Darfur continues, adding 100,000 people this year to more than 2.5 million who have lost their homes since war began in 2003. Sudanese, regional and international peace processes have stalled. They should restart with parallel initiatives that take into better account all of Darfur’s communities and armed groups.

President Bashir’s year-old promise of national dialogue is faltering through a lack of political will, factional manoeuvring, and looming elections. Though the threat of economic and political crisis has eased, renewed commitment to substantive, structured, broad-based dialogue is vital if Sudan is to escape the cycle of war and humanitarian crisis.

Casie Copeland, Crisis Group's Consulting Analyst and Jérôme Tubiana, Crisis Group's Sudan Senior Analyst, stress the increasingly regional nature of the conflict in South Sudan.

Casie Copeland, Crisis Group's Consulting Analyst and Jérôme Tubiana, Crisis Group's Sudan Senior Analyst, highlight the growing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, recently declared a "Level 3" global emergency by the UNOCHR, a distinction shared only by Syria and the Central African Republic. The UN has worryingly issued a warning of famine in a country where perhaps 1 million people have been displaced in the last 3 months.

Casie Copeland, Crisis Group's Consulting Analyst and Jérôme Tubiana, Crisis Group's Sudan Senior Analyst, discuss the relationship of China, the biggest consumer of South Sudanese oil, with both Sudan and South Sudan.

2014 has seen South Sudan descend into civil war just a few years after independence. Consulting analyst Casie Copeland breaks down the different parties to the conflict and their demands.

2014 has seen South Sudan descend into civil war just a few years after independence. Consulting analyst Casie Copeland breaks down the different parties to the conflict and their demands.