Friday, January 19, 2024 - President William Ruto and other Heads of State
who attended the 42nd Extraordinary Assembly of the Intergovernmental Authority
on Development (IGAD), unveiled strategies to bring an end to the ongoing
conflict in Sudan.
In a communication, the Heads of
State called for a face-to-face meeting between military leader General Abdel
Fattah al-Burhan (Sudanese Armed Forces) and his paramilitary rival General
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Rapid Support Forces) within 14 days.
Fattah al-Burhan and Dagalo
initially worked together but their battle for supremacy has seen Sudan etched
in violence and conflicts.
The assembly, chaired by
Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, stressed that IGAD member states would
utilise all means to bring an end to the conflict in Sudan.
"We emphasized that the
Republic of Sudan does not belong to the parties but to the Sudanese people and
reiterated their call for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire as well as
the cessation of hostilities to end this unjust war affecting the people of
Sudan to pave way for a political dialogue," the statement read in part.
Further, the IGAD Secretariat
was directed to revise the roadmap for resolution of the conflict and
within one month convene a process towards a democratic Government in the country.
Moussa Faki, chairperson of the
African Union Commission, called on the panel to collaborate with the members
of the High-Level Panel for Sudan to facilitate the peace process in Sudan.
Faki also appointed the
following as members of the High-Level Panel; Mohamed Chambas, AU High
Representative for Silencing the Guns, Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe, former Vice
President of the Republic of Uganda and Francisco Madeira, former Special
Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission (SRCC) to Somalia.
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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