The chairperson of the African Union Commission will travel “immediately” to Sudan

The objective is to establish contacts with a view to a ceasefire due to the clashes between the Sudanese Army and the RSF

17 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The president of the African Union Commission, Musa Faki, will travel “immediately” to Sudan “to establish contacts with the parties with a view to a ceasefire”, after several days of clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The African Union, in a statement, has asked Faki to “continue to use his good offices to establish contacts with the parties to the conflict in order to facilitate dialogue and the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Sudan”, while praising his commitment to travel to the country.

In this sense, the members of the African Union have called for a mission on the ground to seek dialogue, while asking the president of the commission to convey this decision to the parties to the conflict, “in particular the demand of the AU to silence the guns in Sudan”.

Likewise, it has indicated that it “observes with grave concern and alarm the deadly clashes”, which “have reached a dangerous level and could escalate into a full-blown conflict”, while it has “strongly condemned the current armed confrontation” and has called for “an immediate and unconditional ceasefire on both sides” to put an end to “further bloodshed and harm to innocent civilians.”

For this reason, the AU has demanded that the Sudanese Army and the RSF “quickly adopt a peaceful solution and an inclusive dialogue” and “respect the wishes of the Sudanese people to restore democracy, constitutionalism, the rule of law and freedom”. . He has also “strongly rejected any outside interference that could complicate the situation” in Khartoum.

Finally, it has urged the countries of the region to support the ongoing efforts to “return the country to the process of transition towards a constitutional order”, according to what can be read in the organization’s letter.

The main civil organizations and political parties in Sudan have demanded in unison over the weekend not only the end of the fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), but also the end of the “militarization” that It has dominated the country’s “public space” for decades and, in particular, since the overthrow four years ago of dictator Omar al Bashir after a revolution in which civilians were instrumental.

Before the outbreak of the fighting, the African country was governed by a junta led by General Abdelfatá al Burhan, whose “number two” was the military leader of the RSF, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, alias “Hemedti”. The discrepancies between the two regarding the paramilitary integration in a future unified army ended up degenerating into this conflict.

Both the Army and the RSF, it should be remembered, have been accused of committing massacres and a spectrum of abuses of all kinds against the civilian population in the years that followed the fall of Al Bashir.