Sudan: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls out IGAD…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan would like to report that the Sudanese delegation participating in the IGAD summit, which was held on June 12, 2023 in Djibouti, has expressed its disagreement and objection to a number of paragraphs that were mentioned in the draft final statement of the summit due to the fact that they were not discussed and agreed upon, and the delegation called on the IGAD Secretariat to delete them” (Sudan – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13.06.2023)

Workneh Gebeyehu, the Executive Secretary of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) could clearly have read the room. Certainly the leader of IGAD could have known this could burn him. A conflict can cause more hysteria and also more touchy feelings. In this regard, the leadership of Khartoum and the ones in-charge there wants things their way now. They are not negotiating or considering other people.

That’s why I will now let you read a few of the paragraphs from the Executive Secretary and what he wrote about Sudan. Because this stuff is compelling and most likely the reason for the aftermath after the 12th June IGAD Summit and this release of Official Statement.

Let there be no room for doubt, IGAD is extremely concerned by the violence in Sudan and wishes to stress that in war, there are no real winners. For a credible cessation of hostilities, the violence and bloodshed must first stop. The ramifications for our region and the world at large of a protracted conflict in the Republic of Sudan are unthinkable. Allow me to highlight just how serious this situation is; before this conflict broke out, the Republic of Sudan was already one of the biggest refugee hosting countries in Africa and the World. As a result of the ongoing conflict, we are now facing twin prospects of “double-displacement” of refugees and asylum seekers as well as the increased challenge of food insecurity in Sudan and our region which has barely recovered from the devastating drought. With this clear picture of what the future will look like if we do not act boldly and swiftly, I reiterate that we must act above all, to save the lives of our brothers and sisters who caught up in this conflict, save the hopes and dreams they share with us for peace and prosperity. I therefore emphasise that as IGAD, good friends and neighbours of Sudan, we have a moral and historical obligation to halt and reverse the course of this conflict; for war is simply an escape from the challenges of peace” (IGAD, 13.06.2023).

This here is words that is striking at the heart of Khartoum. It is telling a story the leaders and the ones in combat don’t want to hear. While IGAD can try to act “independent” and as an “outsider”. Well, they are not and that’s why Al-Burhan himself has been the leader of IGAD for a while now. That role now goes to Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh. Which means Sudan loses a little influence over IGAD.

However, Khartoum has enough with the war between the SAF and RSF. The battle of supremacy between Al-Burhan and Hemeti. These two are the ones that getting the republic destroyed and looted. They are the ones in-charge of the armed forces and militias who are tarnishing the republic. That’s exactly who they are and they cannot run away from that responsibility. The insecurity and dangerous paths they are partaking in is costing lives on the daily. Hospitals are lacking and infrastructure is collapsing. In addition, logistics are failing and borders are closed shut. Therefore, Sudan is bleeding and that’s all for the battle of the throne.

IGAD can mean well when they describe the situation and what is needed. What IGAD forgot is that these statements are going towards Warlords and they not taking these sorts of things kindly. They are getting bruised and their egos have been put in check. You should never do that to trigger-happy people. Never ever test the ones that shoot-and-kill. However, that is what IGAD did and now they getting the backlash and an unwanted response. Peace.

Sudan: Darfur Bar Association – Press Release (11.06.2023)

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful Darfur Bar Association and Associates.

The city of El Geneina is besieged in light of the escalation of human massacres committed against civilians by transit militias backed by rapid support, ignoring the mediation of Jeddah and the international silence.

The Commission issued several times its warnings against completely relying on the Jeddah mediation platform, which brings together the two parties to the war, and the Saudi mediator himself has fleeting armies drawn from them, by prolonging the war and searching for premature issues such as attempts to summon the framework agreement, which is one of the reasons for polarization between the two warring parties.

The state of West Darfur is currently witnessing growing human massacres under a siege imposed on it for several weeks by transit militias backed by rapid support, the interruption of services and the displacement of thousands of residents of the city of El Geneina and its environs to the border areas with the neighboring state of Chad, especially the Chadian city of Adre, adjacent to the Sudanese village of Adikong.

In the past weeks and days, the perpetrators targeted local leaders, human rights defenders, lawyers, doctors, and others. In the news received, many martyrs who were targeted yesterday and the past days fell, and among those martyrs.

1/ Human rights defender Khader Suleiman Abdul Majeed.

2/ Professor Al-Fateh Shaa Al-Din.

3/ Mohammed Al-Tayeb Dahab.

4/ Abu Bakr Hassan Tajuddin.

5/ The elderly Sheikh Abdullah Somid, Sheikh of Al-Thawra neighborhood.

6/ Abu Bakr Youssef Zakaria, aka Sharif

The Commission calls on Sudanese civil society organizations to address the United Nations, the International Security Council and the Human Rights Council in Geneva to intervene and take the necessary measures to lift the siege imposed on the city of El Geneina and to immediately stop the arbitrary killing and forced displacement of the residents of the city of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, the city of Zalingei, the capital of the state of Central Darfur, and the city of Kutum in North Darfur and the prosecution of perpetrators of human massacres and genocide.

6/11/2023

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Sudan: The Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) – Important Statement (31.05.2023)

The main purpose of the Jeddah Declaration for the Protection of Civilians signed between the Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces on May 11, 2023, and the seven-day armistice agreement concluded between the two parties on May 20, 2023, which was renewed last Monday evening for a period of five days, was to provide a real opportunity to start addressing the humanitarian disaster. Which afflicts millions of Sudanese.

Although the Jeddah Agreement truce reduced military confrontations between the two parties, the lack of full compliance with it and the violations were paid for by innocent civilians, whose suffering is exacerbated daily due to the continuation of military operations.

In the Forces for Freedom and Change, we affirm our position – which we have been repeatedly declaring in all of our repeated statements since the start of this heinous war – by condemning violations against civilians, including their arrest, breaches of the armistice and non-compliance with the continuation of the clashes between the two parties during it, and the continuation of the aerial bombardment by the armed forces and the continuation of the presence Military forces of the Rapid Support Forces in a number of basic service facilities and encroachment on civilian homes, all of which are acts that the armistice agreement signed in Jeddah on May 20 and its renewal stipulated that it should be refrained from.

We express our deep condemnation and condemnation of the increasing fall and targeting of civilian victims in El Geneina, El Fasher, Zalingei, Nyala, El Obeid and Khartoum. Therefore, we demand an immediate cessation of this targeting, the arrest of all those responsible for these abuses, their announcement, their handing over to justice after life returns to normal, the cessation of any military escalation in those areas and others, and the issuance and announcement of strict orders to prevent And stop any encroachments on the lives, dignity, or property of civilian citizens and consider them a crime punishable by law. We also call for monitoring violations of international human rights law by any party, and the formation of an independent commission for investigation and accountability.

We affirm our previous demand for the need to take advantage of the armistice period to restore the necessary services to citizens, especially water, electricity, and medical services, and to facilitate workers’ access to those sites, provide them with protection, and adhere to the ethical and professional minimum that these services must be provided immediately without delay, delay, or inaction.

In the Forces for Freedom and Change, we affirm our continuation in our role that stems from our national and historical responsibility towards our homeland and our people in our endeavors to end this war by communicating with its two sides and the regional and international parties, and we demand that the two parties strictly adhere to the terms of the armistice agreement and respond to the voice of reason and wisdom and the call of the national conscience to immediately stop the war and adopt the political path Al-Salami is the only option to address the issues of the national crisis, and for the two sides to complete the Jeddah negotiations without interruption or disruption, with all sincerity and seriousness, to put an end to the continuous suffering of our people since its outbreak on April 15, and to stop all violations and damage resulting from it by reaching a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire that ends this war once and for all.

The Forces for Freedom and Change

31.05.2023

Sudan: The Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) – Statement (29.05.2023)

The April 15 war enters its seventh week and puts the country day after day on the brink of a pit of total collapse. During this period, Sudan lost the lives of thousands of civilians and military personnel, destroyed the country’s civilian and military infrastructure and capabilities, looted homes and shops, and spread hate speech and sharp polarization. All of this is still happening. The war is expanding and its intensity is increasing, which makes us stick more to our declared position from day one of the necessity of stopping this war immediately, and favoring peaceful political solutions to address the root causes of the issues that led to its outbreak, as we affirm the following:

First: We call on the leadership of the Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to renew and abide by the short-term ceasefire, which will end this evening, in order to give an opportunity to address the severely deteriorating humanitarian situation. Today’s truce has witnessed a slight improvement, represented by a decrease in the intensity of the confrontations, but it has witnessed abuses such as the use of aircraft, the continued armed presence in homes and service facilities, assaults on civilians, the occurrence of armed clashes, and the delay in the arrival of humanitarian aid. perpetrators and the return of looted property, with the commitment of the two parties to cooperate in order to restore the necessary services.

Second: We strongly reject the calls for civil armament and the plunge of civilians into the furnace of armed conflict, which is dragging the country into an all-out civil war. We call for abandoning these calls for sedition, besieging the discourse that calls for it and confronting it, and activating social peace initiatives that confront hate speech and prevent the expansion of the scope of war.

Third: We affirm in the Forces for Freedom and Change our continued efforts to contribute positively to stopping the war, through joint work with all national forces to strengthen and expand the anti-war front, and regional and international communication to coordinate efforts to stop the fighting and ensure the arrival of humanitarian aid, and we also continue to urge the leadership of the forces Armed forces and rapid support for delinquency to peaceful solutions, the arbitration of the voice of wisdom, and sparing our country the scourge of slipping into total collapse.

Fourth: We commend the statement of the African Peace and Security Council No. 1156 of May 27, 2023 on the situation in Sudan, and we encourage what was stated in it about the African Union coordinating and unifying international efforts, and we renew our thanks and support for the Saudi-American efforts to extend the short-term ceasefire and address the humanitarian situation, and we hope In integrating international and regional efforts and initiatives to accelerate the pace of reaching a sustainable solution to the Sudanese crisis.

Fifth: We thank all friendly countries and peoples for their speed in providing urgent aid to the Sudanese people, and we call for the formation of a transparent, impartial and impartial mechanism with the participation of aid providers, civil society and popular parties to work on distributing humanitarian and medical aid and ensuring that it reaches those who deserve it in the capital and the states.

In conclusion, we affirm that we will continue to confront the plans of the remnants that work to perpetuate the war and increase its area. We will not be intimidated by their paid campaigns, nor their lies that they actively promote.. This accursed war will inevitably end and peace and security will return to our country, and our people will continue their relentless pursuit to build a state of peace, justice, freedom and prosperity. .

Freedom and Change Forces – Executive Office

Khartoum – May 29, 2023 AD

Sudan: Sudanese Professionals Association – Arresting the spokesman of the Association of Professionals, Dr. Aladdin Naqad (27.05.2023)

A tracking force of the armed forces arrested Dr. Aladdin Critic, a member of the Central Council for Freedom and Change, the spokesman of the gathering of professionals from his home in Omdurman city.

This arrest is a regrettable development in the context of the current war in the country, and a change in dealing with the political and civil forces that have shown a decisive stance against the war and are working to stop it immediately by various peaceful means. Dr. Aladdin is one of the prominent leaders of the Committee of Specialists and Consultants, and one of its representatives in the Gathering of Professionals and the Forces of Freedom and Change, and he is one of the official speakers of the Association of Sudanese Professionals, and the national arena attests to his strict commitment to serving our people from his professional position as a surgeon specialized in organ transplantation and transplantation Through his various political and union positions, we condemn his arrest and call for his immediate release.

The Gathering of Sudanese Professionals renews its call to stop the war immediately, and affirms its commitment to work towards achieving this goal, and the parties that arrest the member of the Assembly Aladdin criticize full responsibility for his safety and security.

Media Team of the Sudanese Professionals

May 27, 2023

Sudan: Museveni’s simple remedy of the conflict…

This afternoon, I chaired the 1156th virtual meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council, on the situation in Sudan. As I had reiterated earlier, Sudan does not belong to the army or the RSF, it belongs to the People and therefore I call upon the immediate cessation of hostilities to allow the people elect their leaders. This business of how to integrate armies is not new, we have done it in many parts of Africa including here in Uganda, it cannot be the reason for starting such a devastating war” – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (27.05.2023).

It had to be the likes of Museveni who comes with the solution. The easy solution and the one that staring you right in the eye. Not like the Sudanese people doesn’t know or is bothered by it. They are the ones that bleeding and living under the mercy of the guns.

President Museveni is bold when he says it with such ease. A man who took power the guns and never left his hand of the trigger. Museveni wouldn’t have risen through the ranks or gotten to where he is today, if it wasn’t for guns and ammunition. That’s why it’s rich of him of talking cessation of hostilities and elect their leaders.

Yes, the people should elect their leaders and that was the cause or reason for the Sudanese Revolution. A revolution that the Transitional Military Council and the Army Commanders has hijacked for their benefits. While getting rid of their former master and the party that he ran. Therefore, it is easy pickings for Museveni to say – “you should just elect leaders”.

The Sovereign Council and the mandate it got was to ensure the military would lead the way to civilian government. The current army commanders couldn’t even ensure a temporary time with a civilian led Sovereign Council and possible more technocrats in office. No, they had to overthrow that and again steer the nation.

That’s why we are here today and the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces are fighting to conquer and overcome the other military fraction. They are not in it for democratic principals or ideals of civilian led government. These people are in it for power, prosperity and individual gratification. Therefore, Al-Burhan and Hemeti will benefit of the outcome, and the victor will enjoy all of the spoils of war.

This is why Museveni knows perfectly well what ambition and seeking to overthrow his enemies. That is what he did since his FRONASA days. Museveni has been scheming since the 1970s and under the reign of Idi Amin. Museveni was busy toppling leaders and installing himself as the overlord until 1986. He was so busy doing so and did with success, which is why his still in office today.

That’s why reading the words of Museveni is baffling. Museveni dares to simplify it. Not like the Resistance Councils or the Civil Society haven’t said it before. The opposition and the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) has said it too. The Sudanese Professional Association has spoken it’s peace too. So, Museveni is just preaching to the choir.

Everyone know this is the answer. The parties involved knows it too, but they want more and fast. They are in a bitter conflict to enrich and enlarge their resources. They are battling to undermine and get rid of the last obstacle. That’s what they are doing. It is a way to silence and consolidate power within the ranks. This is why they are fighting and they are hoping the other party slips, lose faith and hope. Just so it can end the other party and crown themselves king.

Museveni knows that part very well. That is exactly what he did and the skulls of Luweero is a symbol of his war. The prolonged war in the North is another testimony to what he was willing to do. Just so he could consolidate and settle grievances with his enemies. Museveni even continued his wars and conflict into Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Therefore, Museveni isn’t the guy to speak of peace. When he has earned all his political capital through war. Museveni has earned it or profited of peace. No, that isn’t in him and we all know that. Peace.

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Sudan: Coordinators of the Resistance Committees of the state of Khartoum – Press Statement – Have a religion.. (24.05.2023)

I don’t build a high palace above the starvation of the poor

have a religion..

In my name, those who said the bitter truth are traitors and deviants

We tell you, slanderers.. we swear an oath

our great people,

The events currently taking place need the word of our people, who are scorched by its fire. The duration of this war, which we cannot bear, has prolonged, and destruction, destruction, death, and intimidation have exceeded our ability to bear it. Despite that, we are still steadfast, drawing our strength from the greatness and steadfastness of our people despite the troubles, and we all hope that all this devastation will end. Soon, we will go back to start again our quest to build this country in a way that befits it and us. In this context, we welcome the armistice agreement that was signed in the city of Jeddah, and we push the two parties to adhere strictly to it.

Our steadfast and overpowering people.. members of the resistance committees:

The day before yesterday we all read a statement issued in the name of the official spokesman of the armed forces addressing the resistance committees, and as we read it with the general public through various media, we would like to clarify our vision regarding the situation we have reached and the country has reached as a result of the ongoing conflict now, and the consequences of that for the homeland between to be or not to be.

Therefore, we would like to emphasize the following:

  1. Our complete rejection of war and the use of weapons as a means to solve problems between any two different parties, in any part of this country, and December would not have succeeded without its peacefulness, which is an approach we chose and a slogan we raised to be our way to solve all our crises and achieve our demands, so our call is always (Yes to peace .. no to war).
  2. Our non-alignment with one of the parties to this absurd war, and our total rejection of the rhetoric of mobilization that leads to further igniting the current conflict. Rather, we declare our complete siding with our people, and our keenness to provide them with whatever support and assistance we can provide, and our constant attempt to lift the burden from their shoulders through our volunteers in all areas, and make every effort to get out of this ordeal together.
  3. Our condemnation of war as a principle, as we mentioned above, and our categorical rejection of the occupation of hospitals, health and service facilities, and homes of citizens, and their conversion into human shields, and the arrest of volunteers and youth of resistance committees without any significant guilt or offense to be held accountable for it, except for their desire to provide services to citizens and help them as much as possible.
  4. We demand the immediate release of the youth of the resistance committees and all civilians detained by the army or the Rapid Support Forces.
  5. Rejecting calls to arm civilians, and attempting to transfer the authoritarian struggle to a civil war that may not leave or leave, and with it the conflict turns into a war of all against all.
  6. Welcoming the declared truce and cease-fire, and appealing to the two parties to the conflict to arbitrate the voice of conscience towards the homeland and the people, by strictly adhering to it, and working to transform this agreement into a final cessation of this war, and to address all the causes and problems of this war without a gun.
  7. Work to eliminate the causes of wars and armed conflicts in the future, the most important of which is the establishment of a single national army, with a national belief that monopolizes the defense of the state, adheres to its constitutional role, and moves away from what the former regime and its predecessors planned for it by engaging it in political action, and interfering in the affairs of government or Economic work.

In conclusion..

We affirm that we will continue to work through emergency rooms and all forms of volunteering to serve and alleviate our people, and that our position will not change and we will not give up our demands, until the slogans of glorious December come down on the ground, and the dreams of the revolutionaries who are still clutching at the embers and the martyrs who sacrificed their lives turn into a reality that we all enjoy. In Sudan, freedom, peace, and justice.

Glory and eternity to our honorable martyrs.. No to war and yes to peace.

Coordinators of the resistance committees of the city of Khartoum

May 24, 2023 AD

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