The Sudanese military leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, accused his nemesis the leader of Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), of being a stumbling-bloc to peace negotiation.Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was quoted by the Kenyan media, East African, saying the leader of the Rapid Support Forces failed to notify the peace mediators that he was not attending a meeting scheduled to take place in Djibouti on Thursday. “The Government of Sudan regrets the Rapid Support Forces’ procrastination in seeking a voice of reason, and this is evident from their lack of response to attending tomorrow’s meeting,” it said, after IGAD was forced to postpone the meeting to January 2024. It revealed that Al-Burhan was fully committed to attend the meeting but was stunned that the meeting had been postponed to next year. “Al-Burhan had formally expressed his agreement to the IGAD presidency to hold the meeting and was ready to leave for Djibouti on Wednesday evening until the postponement of the meeting was announced this afternoon,” it stated.According to a statement issued by Djibouti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting was rescheduled to early 2024 for technical reasons, adding that precise dates for the January meeting would be “communicated in due time.”“In his capacity as current chair of IGAD, His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti on the final communique of the Extraordinary IGAD Summit in Djibouti on 9, December 2023 to organize talks in Djibouti, within 15 days between His Excellency General Abdel Fattah AL-Burhan, Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan and General Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the Rapid Support Forces,” it said.“Therefore, His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh has the honour to inform them that the meeting scheduled in Djibouti on December 28, 2023, has been postponed to early January 2024 for technical reasons,” it stated.It added, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Djibouti avails itself of this opportunity to renew to IGAD Members States, IGAD Secretariat and Diplomatic Missions and Informational Organizations, the assurance of its highest consideration.”On July 10, 2023, heads of state and governments of the IGAD Quartet group of countries met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss in depth the implementation of the IGAD roadmap for peace in Sudan.The leaders focused on how to stop hostilities between the two warring sides; Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces and to enable humanitarian aid access. The assembly noted their aspiration for a peaceful, democratic and prosperous Sudan.The group also reiterated its commitment to support measures that address the root causes of the crisis in Sudan. However, the two warring sides later on differed with the IGAD communique, which alleged that the two leaders had agreed to a face-to-face meeting.Despite several peace attempts from regional and international peace actors, the war in Sudan is yet to end.The war, which broke out on April 15, 2023, has displaced more than 6.7 million people from their homes and have sought refuge in the neighbouring countries. An estimated 9,000 people have been killed and another 5.6 million forced to flee their homes during the conflict, according to the United Nations.