Sudanese general says he is willing to hold peace talks

The leader of Sudan’s armed forces General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan tells the BBC that he is willing to hold talks with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the leader of the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The conflict broke out in April and has left more than 5,000 dead and 5 million displaced.

Also on the programme: following the prisoner swap between Iran and the US, Weekend speaks to a British-Iranian businessman who was held by Tehran for five years; and was the Pinochet regime responsible for the death of one of Latin America’s greatest poets, Pablo Neruda?

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss all this and more are barrister, journalist and author Sadakat Kadri and Lina Khatib, Professor of Politics and International Studies at SOAS.

(IMAGE: General Burhan in the city of Port Sudan, Sudan, August 27, 2023. CREDIT: REUTERS/Ibrahim Mohammed Ishak)