Peace talks in Addis Adaba hosted by Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and chaired by Kenya's President William Ruto go ahead with the participation of the international community and Sudanese civil society leaders despite the conflict-torn country's government's refusal to participate. The east African regional bloc IGAD had invited the foes -- Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) -- to a meeting in Ethiopia's capital on Monday. Neither attended the talks personally in Addis Ababa, although the RSF sent a representative to the "quartet" meeting led by Kenya, South Sudan, Djibouti and Ethiopia. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES