In preparation for elections, Sudan’s ministry of foreign affairs announced plans for a transitional government that would end a two-year civil war that had caused tens of thousands of refugees anddisplaced millions of people.
In a Sunday post on X, the ministry, which is aligned to the army, set a path to elections amid civil war. It provided a roadmap for peace, citing the military’s efforts to combat the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan.
According to the ministry, the plan calls for the formation of a transitional government, the appointment of a civilian prime minister, and the start of a dialogue with political and civil society organizations. The process should lead to free and fair elections, it added.
If RSF forces wanted to take part in the political dialogue, the Foreign Ministry demanded that they lay down their weapons. This includes the paramilitary’s withdrawal from Khartoum, West Kordofan, and the western region of Darfur.
The Republic of Sudan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Office of Spokesperson and Media DirectoratePress Statement
As the Sudanese Armed Forces, Joint Forces, and other supporting forces, backed by all segments of the Sudanese people, are steadily progressing on all fronts of the… pic. twitter.com/XUlTpud4Xq
The Sudanese army recently reclaimed significant portions of the RSF’s greater Khartoum region after months of setbacks. Important supply routes have been secured thanks to the army’s claim that it has also been able to regain control in Sennar, Gezira, and the strategically important city of Umm Ruwaba in North Kordofan.
The RSF still has a chance in West Kordofan and Darfur, where the UN accused it of blocking aid, in the west of the country.
Life-saving assistance is preventing those in desperate need, according to Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, “because of persistent restrictions and bureaucratic obstacles” imposed by the RSF’s humanitarian agency.
The Foreign Ministry urged the world to support its strategic post-war plan because it “represents a national consensus for restoring peace and stability in the country and satisfying requirements of the democratic transition,” in particular the UN, the African Union, and the Arab League.
The conflict in Sudan began in April 2023 and has involved bloody fighting between the army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, led by his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
Source: Aljazeera
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