The Sudan’s Sovereignty Transitional Council has turned to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, seeking his immediate intervention to mediate the current leadership crisis that has resulted in war between the two military factions.
On Wednesday, May 31st, 2023, H. E. Gen. Malik Agar Eyre Nganyoufa, the Vice Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan, accompanied by a delegation of top officials met with President Yoweri Kaguta to brief him on the ongoing situation during a meeting held at the National Leadership Institute (NALI), Kyankwanzi.
“We have discussed possible mechanisms to fast-track the resolutions of the Extraordinary IGAD Heads of State Summit in order to effect the necessary ceasefire and ultimately pave the way for the return of power to the people of Sudan through elections,” said President Museveni.
According to President Museveni, there is also a need for civil society organizations and political activists to play a critical role in building confidence in the process of reconciliation and integration.
While briefing President Museveni about the situations in Sudan, Gen. Malik Agar Eyre Nganyoufa requested that President Museveni take the lead in mediating between the two factions and resolve them, which is possible with the help of IGAD and the African Union mechanism.
He emphasized African solutions to African problems, adding that Kampala, as the neutral ground, should be the host of the peace mediation with Uganda suggested as key players to monitor ceasefire and disengagement of hostility to ensure restoration of peace, integration of the forces and resort to democratic elections.
According to Malik Agar, both Juba and Nairobi may not be the best options to host mediation for the current war in Khartoum, Sudan due to sensitivity of some of the parties based on historical reasons.
President Museveni emphasized that the two warring factions, including Sudan’s government forces and the Rapid Support Forces, must jointly embrace reconciliation to ensure lasting peace in Sudan with forgiveness and amnesty for past wrongs addressed as of importance to help build a new Sudan where all can live together irrespective of tribal, racial, religious or geographic divides.
He noted that Sudan belongs to its people, who should be given the opportunity to choose their own leader through a democratic process.
War broke out in Sudan in May between the government forces loyal to Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, who is the Chairman of the Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council, and the Rapid Support Forces headed by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo.
A Uganda Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for Regional Cooperation and Top Officials from Uganda Embassy Khartoum and Sudan’s Mission in Uganda attended the meeting.
