On Sudan's horizon, maybe Congo's

摘要

Earlier this year, brutal civil wars in Angola and Sierra Leone came to an end. This week, tentative deals were struck to end two even bloodier conflicts. On July 20th, Sudan's Islamist government and its predominantly pagan rebels agreed a framework for ending their 20-year war, estimated to have left 2m dead. Two days later, Congo and Rwanda announced plans to end their fight (four years; maybe 3m dead in Congo's complex war). The Sudanese deal looks the more hopeful. For over a year, the government and the southern rebels, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), have been under intense international pressure to end what has become an unwinnable war, tearing the country across its middle.