Fighting goes on but two humanitarian routes secured for vital deliveries RIYADH: Ten days of talks in Geneva on halting the civil war in Sudan ended on Friday without a ceasefire but with progress on securing aid access through two key routes into the country. Fighting has raged since April 2023 between the regular army under Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The talks in Switzerland were co-hosted by Saudi Arabia and the US, with the African Union, Egypt, the UAE and the UN as observers. The negotiations “secured guarantees from both parties to the conflict to provide safe and unhindered humanitarian access through two key arteries — the western border crossing in Darfur at Adre and the Dabbah Road with access through the north and west from Port Sudan,” a concluding statement said. “These routes must remain open and safe so we can surge aid into Darfur and begin to turn the tide against famine. Food and starvation cannot be used as a weapon of war.” Sudan is dealing with outbreaks of measles, dengue fever, malaria, meningitis, polio and cholera. The World Health Organization has secured 455,000 cholera vaccine doses to help fight a new wave of cases fueled by floods and poor sanitation.