Canada crafts plan to deploy Sudan-focused diplomats in Ethiopia as Khartoum embassy stays shut

'As the conflict persists and as fighting has engulfed large parts of the country, a return to [Khartoum] looks unlikely in the medium term,' notes an internal GAC memo.

Sudan wasn't mentioned in a readout of Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly's recent trip to Africa, which included a visit to influential African Union member South Africa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

September 4, 2024

Sixteen months after Canada suspended operations in Sudan amid a worsening civil war, it has adopted a formal plan to have diplomats focus on Sudan from neighbouring Ethiopia, as Ottawa’s doesn’t foresee a return to Khartoum in the “medium term,” according to an inte...

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