Talks between a United Nations envoy and delegations from both warring parties in Sudan have proven an encouraging first step, the UN said Friday as the discussions neared a close. War has raged since April 2023 between the Sudanese regular army under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitaryRapid Support Forces, led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s personal envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, invited delegations from the army and the RSF for talks in Geneva, focused on humanitarian aid and protecting civilians. The discussions have been taking…