THE only hope now for people of Sudan and South Sudan to live in peace and flourish is that all Africans, Arabs and their friends across the world join hands in friendship to give peace a chance. A tall order but not impossible.
This report says the international community has reaffirmed its support for the African Union's Roadmap for the Resolution of the Conflict in Sudan.
Report at The Star - the-star.co.ke
By SHARON MWENDE
Dated Monday 29 May 2023; 17:17 - full copy:
ROADMAP
Troika, European Union support AU's resolution on Sudan conflict
They also agreed with the condemnation of the ongoing crisis of the two warring parties
In Summary
During the meeting, the AU adopted a Roadmap for the Resolution of the Conflict which includes silencing guns in Sudan.
It called on Sudanese stakeholders and the international community to support the implementation of the Roadmap.
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The International Community has reaffirmed its support for the African Union's Roadmap for the Resolution of the Conflict in Sudan.
In a statement released by the US Department of State on Monday [May 29], Spokesperson Matthew Miller welcomed the decision to ensure coordinated action in the peace process.
The community includes Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the European Union (the Troika plus EU).
"The Troika plus EU reaffirms its support for African leadership and the AU's Roadmap for the Resolution of the Conflict in Sudan, and welcomes the AU’s work to establish an Expanded Mechanism and its Core Group to ensure inclusively and coordinated regional and international action to secure a viable peace process, and the resumption of the transition to civilian government and democracy in Sudan," it said.
The statement comes after the AU held a Heads of State and government Peace and Security Council meeting on the situation in Sudan on Saturday, May 27.
During the meeting, the AU adopted a Roadmap for the Resolution of the Conflict which includes silencing guns in Sudan.
It called on Sudanese stakeholders and the international community to support the implementation of the Roadmap.
The leaders reaffirmed six elements which are outlined in the Roadmap including the establishment of a coordination mechanism to ensure all efforts by the regional and global actors are harmonised and impactful, an immediate, permanent, inclusive and comprehensive cessation of hostilities.
Others are effective humanitarian response, protection of civilians and civil infrastructure, strategic role of neighboring states and the region and resumption of a credible and inclusive political transition process, that takes into account the contributory role of all Sudanese political and social actors, as well as the signatories to the Juba Peace Agreement, towards a democratic civilian-led government.
The Expanded Mechanism on Sudan and its Core Group is an all-inclusive platform of regional, continental and global actors and institutions.
It aims to provide broad-based and coordinated engagement within the international community, to foster political consensus and common global support for Sudan.
The Core Group stresses the need for the AU to continue to effectively coordinate the activities of the Expanded Mechanism on the conflict in Sudan.
Further, the leaders condemned the ongoing conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, terming it as "senseless" and "unjustified."
AU chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat demanded an immediate ceasefire without preconditions.
He said this was going to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Sudanese in dire need.
He urged the international community to extend humanitarian aid to the persons fleeing the war in Sudan.
Troika and EU further welcomed the chairperson's demand for conflict cessation.
"We agree with the AU’s condemnation of the actions of the two warring parties and the suffering they have caused the people of Sudan," Miller said.
The ongoing conflict has led to the loss of more than 822 lives and more than 3,000 wounded.
It has also resulted in the displacement of persons and the destruction of infrastructure.
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