IGAD calls for decisive action on crisis in Sudan

Addis Ababa, April 17, 2023 (FBC) – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities between the warring parties in Sudan.

IGAD Heads of State and Governments held an emergency virtual meeting to discuss the situation in Sudan.

According to IGAD, President William Ruto of Kenya, Presidents Salva Kiir, South Sudan, Yoweri Museveni Uganda, Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia held a virtual meeting to discuss the crisis in Sudan.

The leaders called on the Transitional Sovereign Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo to stop the war and return to the negotiation.

It is stated that IGAD resolved to send Presidents Kiir, President Ruto and President Guelleh at the earliest possible time to reconcile the conflicting groups.

They said stability in Sudan is key to the social and economic stability of the region.

The conflict, they added, undermines the peace progress achieved over the last four months.

The leaders also asked the two groups to provide a safe corridor for humanitarian assistance in Khartoum and other affected towns.