

Ethiopia: The Sultanate of Afar – Press Statement (10.02.2025)





“The topic of settlement in Ukraine was also discussed. Donald Trump spoke in favor of an early cessation of hostilities and a solution to the problem by civilians Means. Vladimir Putin, for his part, mentioned the need for addressing the root causes of the conflict and agreed with Donald Trump that A long-term settlement can be reached through peaceful negotiations” (Kremlin.ru – ‘Telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump’ 12.02.2025).
Today is the day the European Union and European allies have to realize that they cannot trust the United States or the leaders of Washington D.C. The call between President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir Putin says it all.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has to reach out to the European Union and the European allies now. The leaders of Paris, London, Madrid, Rome and rest of Europe needs to act now. There is a need of swift deliberate support of Ukraine. That is to ensure the strength and longevity of the frontlines of Ukraine. They need ammunition, arms and monetary support. It just have to strengthen and fast.
The three year cannot be sustained by the trade-off of rare-earth minerals to Washington D.C. That is leveraging a nation and selling its resources on the altar of defending its own sovereignty. Ukraine needs the arms industry of Europe and needs the technical support. They also needs the packages and deliveries to be in a steady phase. To ensure the logistics and the advantage the weaponry can give. It cannot be trusted that the U.S. arms and monetary support will be there.
We know that Trump has a soft heart for Putin. They are allies and brothers. Trump looks up to Putin and wishes he had the same sort of control of the state. He wants to be Putin and have that sort of reign over the United States. Therefore, Trump wants to give way and make it easy for Putin. That’s just what drives him and its beneficial for him.
Meanwhile, that is a detriment to the European continent. If Putin and Trump gets their way. It might be a ceasefire and a temporary end of the war. However, there is a recruitment and a drive of producing more soldiers in Russia. There is 150,000 soldiers that in training and prepared for another offensive. If the ceasefire is on for a bit. The Russians will have an advantage and ability to come with a new offensive, which could remind of the early 2022. That’s what Russia wants and to annex the whole of Ukraine. As that is the endgame of Kremlin and Putin. They aren’t fighting like this in Donbas to possibly capture Donetsk. No, they want Kyiv and wants a puppet in-charge there. Just like they have elsewhere in Minsk.
That’s why Europe and the European allies has to be direct now. There is no soft journey. The amount of deaths and the possibilities aren’t in it. They can either be fools or allow the Russians to enter the whole of Ukraine. The leaders of Europe can either stand beside President Zelensky or they can betray the Ukrainian cause. As that is the moment right now.
Trump don’t care about Ukraine or their sacrifice. He just wants an easy way out and get a good scorecard with Putin. Kyiv and can sink or be destroyed for all he cares. As long as he can be buddies and be in the realm of Putin. That’s why Europe needs to do the right thing. They have already been slow and haven’t offered enough. The leaders been careful and been soft. Now is the time to offer everything and be bold. Because the trust of the U.S. is eroded and they won’t come to the aide of Europe. No, they are there to be allies of Russia. That’s who they are and we can just await the path they are taking.
Europe, your moment is now. There is no moment to loose. Unless, you wants the Russian armies close to your borders. The Ukrainian have been brave and been heroic in the defence of their nation. They have gotten support, but now they need more. President Zelensky has asked for a lot and reassurances. The leaders of Kyiv needs ammunition and not a ride. Remember that and remember that fast. Peace.



We announce our regularity, as of today, under the name of the Civil Democratic Alliance of the Revolutionary Forces (Sumoud), through temporary structures headed by Dr. Abdullah Hamdok.
to me:
The Sudanese people at home and abroad in war zones, displacement and refugee camps
Friends of Sudan and its people who support our people’s right to peace and a free and dignified life by responding to their legitimate aspirations for sustainable democratic civil rule in neighboring countries and peoples and our regional and international surroundings.
Local, regional and international public opinion
We address you today while our country is going through a criminal war that has left behind the largest humanitarian disaster in the world and is still raging in a brutal manner that is increasing day after day, with millions of innocent Sudanese paying the price, and the advocates of war and elements of the former regime profiting from it, who want to liquidate the glorious December revolution and tighten their control over the country, and reproduce a more brutal version of their criminal fascist regime, which has a long history of terrorist destabilization and whose results and effects are known in our regional and international neighborhood.
The civil and democratic forces, within the framework of their role and efforts to stop the war, achieve peace and establish sustainable democratic civil rule, convened a meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, in October 2023, which resulted in the announcement of the establishment of the “Coordination of Democratic Civil Forces (Progress)” to be the broadest umbrella for democratic civil forces opposing the war, in order to achieve comprehensive and lasting peace and establish sustainable democratic civil rule. In order to achieve these goals and objectives, great and tremendous efforts were made, leading to the founding conference in May 2024, which added new and qualitative components to “Progress.”
The last few months have witnessed a difference in visions between the components of “Progress” regarding the issue of legitimacy and how to deal with it. This difference resulted in the existence of two positions that were difficult to reconcile, so it was decided to sever the political and organizational link between two positions. The first of these positions sees the continuation of the struggle through means of democratic civil work without forming a government, and the other position sees the formation of a government as one of the tools of the coordination’s work.
In light of these developments, we, the undersigned groups and components that rejected the formation of a government as one of the tools to delegitimize the Port Sudan authority, announce to our people and local, regional and international public opinion that we will, as of today, join under the name *The Civil Democratic Alliance of the Revolutionary Forces “Sumoud”*, in our belief and commitment to the importance of the democratic civil forces choosing and committing to an independent path that does not side with any of the parties to the war or engage in it in any way, and that they confront every action or statement that threatens the unity of the country and tears apart its social fabric, and that their approach should be the tireless pursuit of protecting civilians, confronting any violations to which they are exposed, addressing the humanitarian crisis and stopping the war urgently through a peaceful political solution that addresses the roots of the crisis in a way that leads to the establishment of the Sudanese state and the establishment of a sustainable and just peace.
We, in the Civil Democratic Alliance of the Revolutionary Forces “Sumoud”*, affirm that we will remain committed to the principles and goals that we agreed upon in the founding conference of the Coordination of Civil Democratic Forces “Progress”. In this context, we have agreed to work through temporary structures headed by Dr. Abdullah Hamdok until the permanent structures are approved after completing the necessary organizational discussions. As for the political and media level, we reaffirm the continuation of our daily work for the purpose of contributing positively to ensure the protection of civilians and stopping any violations they are exposed to, and working to address the humanitarian crisis and deliver aid to those in need throughout Sudan without restrictions, conditions or discrimination, and completing efforts to stop the war by building the broadest civil democratic front for forces that believe in the goals of the December Revolution and believe in stopping the war and achieving comprehensive and permanent peace and establishing democratic civil rule, while subjecting all our organizational and political experiences to deep reviews that develop and enhance the ability of the civil democratic forces to confront the discourses of war and hatred and the plans of the defunct regime, and to complete the path of the glorious December Revolution that the forces of darkness will not succeed in burying no matter what they do.
Issued on Tuesday, February 11, 2025
List of signatures:
First :- Components of the political forces category
1- National Umma Party
2- Sudanese National Alliance
3- Federal Assembly
4- The National Baath Party
5- Sudanese Conference
6- Sudanese National Party
7- The Unified Federal National
8- Communication Party
9- Nasserist Party
10- Right Movement
11- National Unionist Party
12- Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – Democratic Revolutionary Current
13- United Popular Front
Second :- Components of the Professionals and Unions Coordination Category
1- Democratic Alliance of Lawyers
2- Sudanese Teachers Committee
3- Sudanese Journalists Syndicate
4- Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors
5- Sudanese Engineers Association
6- Central Committee for Medical Laboratories
7- Central Pharmacists Committee
8- Central Committee of Health Officers
9- Alliance of University Professors’ Groups
10- Sudanese Bankers Association
11- Human Resources Professionals Association
12- Sudanese Environmentalists Association
13- Association of Meteorology Professionals
14- Committee of Consultants and Specialists
15- Emergency Lawyers
16- Preparatory Committee of the Nursing Syndicate
17- Sudanese Professional Accountants Association
Third :- Components of the Resistance Committees category
1- Coordination of the Resistance Committees of Kalaklat and South Khartoum
2- Central Committees of Resistance and Change in Dar es Salaam, Ombada
3- Resistance Committees, Rabak City
4- Omdurman Neighborhood Committees
5- Resistance Committees of Gedaref Municipality
6- Hajj Youssef Neighborhood Committees Gathering
7- Coordination of Resistance Committees East of the Nile South
8- Blue Nile Resistance Committees
Fourth :- Components of the civil society category
1- Bakri Al-Jack
2- Saleh Ammar
3- Shawky Yaqoub
4- Asmaa Ahmed Al-Naeem
5- Sanaa Al-Jack
6- Madani Abbas Madani
7- Tayeb Al-Malkabi
8- Nady Osama Al-Salhi
9- Moataz Saleh
10- Hadiya Hasab Allah
11- Amjad Al-Mak
12- Abdulrahman Al-Amin
13- Iqbal Siralkhatim
14- Othman Mansour
15- Abu Hurairah Abdul Rahman Ahmed
Fifth :- Components of qualitative categories
1- Azhari Muhammad Ali – The Creators
2- Malik Al-Hassan Abu Rouf – Civil Administration
3- Hafez Dosa – Business Owners
4- Team Majzoub Rahma
The Central High Command of Retired Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the Army, Police and Security (Solidarity)
5- Mohammed Al-Moayyad – People with Disabilities





