Across two continents this week, the fragile architecture of peace-making was on full display — in South Sudan, where a legislature offered a symbolic but meaningful commitment to reconciliation; in Sudan, where rival armed factions staked out positions so far apart that diplomats urged caution; and in Southeast Asia, where Malaysia stepped forward to deepen its role in Thailand's decades-long southern insurgency. Each process reminds us that the distance between a signed declaration and lasting peace is measured not in words, but in the willingness of those who hold power to surrender some of
South Sudan renews peace commitment; Sudan conditions US plan on RSF withdrawal
Thailand's Deep South conflict has involved government crackdowns and heavy-handed policies against Muslim separatist groups, with ongoing casualties and displacement from the insurgency.