Moussa Faki Mahamat the chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission is set to travel “immediately” to Sudan “to engage the parties towards a ceasefire.
Expressing its “deep concern” about the situation, the AU also called on the forces of the two generals in charge of Sudan to “protect civilians”, in a statement issued after an emergency meeting of the organization’s Peace and Security Council on Sunday afternoon.
The African Union organ in charge of conflicts and security issues also requested the Chairperson of the AU Commission to continue to use his good offices to engage with the parties to the conflict in order to facilitate dialogue and peaceful resolution of the conflict in Sudan following his commitment to travel immediately to Sudan to engage the parties towards a ceasefire.
The AU has since urged the warring parties to “quickly adopt a peaceful solution and an inclusive dialogue to resolve their differences” and “firmly reject any external interference that could complicate the situation in Sudan.
On Sunday, fighting continued for the second consecutive day between the Sudanese army and a powerful paramilitary force, against the backdrop of a power struggle between the two generals in charge of Sudan since the 2021 coup, killing at least 56 civilians in 24 hours and three UN aid workers.
The army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced at 14:00 GMT and for three hours “humanitarian corridors” to evacuate the wounded, keeping on both sides a “right to retaliate in case of violation” of the agreement.
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