U.S.-Sudan talks conducted in Switzerland

Meeting coincides with deepening famine in parts of Sudan

U.S. Envoy Massad Boulos during a recent visit to Rwanda

The United States and Sudan quietly held talks in Switzerland on Monday, August 11, a year after Sudan’s military government boycotted a U.S.-mediated peace summit in Switzerland. The talks are the highest-level contacts between the two governments since the change of administrations in the U.S.