17/04/2023
𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐃 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐍
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities between the warring parties in Sudan.
President Salva Kiir joined his counterparts Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), William Samoei Ruto joined (Kenya), Ismail Omar Guelleh (Djibouti) and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Somalia) for a virtual meeting of Heads of State to discuss the crisis.
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.
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.
