Sudanese Army Commander-in-Chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has once again put President Yoweri Museveni in a quandary. On Jan.30, just as a 14-day window for direct talks between Gen. Burhan and his challenger for the presidency Gen. Muhammed Dagalo commander of the break-away Rapid Support Forces (RSF), was closing Days to the expiry of a deadline Museveni mediated, Burhan has vowed to resume fighting.

President Museveni on Jan. 18 hosted several heads of the Horn of Africa, Nile Valley, and Great Lakes regions that comprise the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to review the situation in Sudan and repeat its demand for face-face talks between Gen. Burhan and Gen. Dagalo.

The IGAD meeting chaired by Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, who is the current chairperson of the IGAD, ordered Burhan and Dagalo to hold face-face talks within 14 days.