Global Courant
Nairobi, Kenya
President William Ruto said on Monday that Kenya has undertaken the initiative to bring together Sudan’s warring generals to end the crisis plaguing the country.
Addressing members of the press in Djibouti at the 14th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD), Ruto said, “Kenya is committed to meeting face-to-face with the two Sudanese generals to find a lasting solution to the crisis.” .
Ruto announced that a humanitarian corridor will be created within two weeks to facilitate the distribution of aid.
“We will initiate an inclusive national dialogue process in the next three weeks,” he said.
Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, South Sudan President Salva Kiir, Somali President Hassan Mahmud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attended.
At the center of the ongoing crisis are two opposing military figures: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the prominent leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commonly known as Hemedti. RSF).
The conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF has escalated, killing nearly 1,000 people and injuring thousands since April 15, according to reports from paramedics on the ground.
In a significant development, Kenya expressed its support for the expansion of the IGAD Troika in Sudan, which now includes Ethiopia and Somalia.
As part of the newly formed IGAD Quartet, Kenya is co-chairing with South Sudan efforts to find solutions to the crisis in Sudan.
IGAD is an eight-member regional state bloc in East Africa.
Recent conflicts in Sudan have been marked by repeated violations of previous ceasefire agreements, with both sides blaming each other for violations.
Sudan has not had a functioning government since October 2021, when the military dismissed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s transitional government and declared a state of emergency.
The move was widely denounced as a “coup” by political forces.
The transition period, which began in August 2019 following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, was originally scheduled to result in elections in early 2024.
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