Sudan : Al-Burhan Conditions Dialogue To AU Membership

Sudanese authorities have demanded the restoration of the country’s leadership into the African Union before any credible dialogue can take place. The call was made on Sunday March 3, 2024 by the Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, General Fattah Al-Burhan while receiving a delegation of the AU High-Level Panel on the Resolution of the conflict in Sudan, led by Mohamed Ibn Chambas, in Port Sudan, the capital city of the Red Sea state. General Al-Burhan expressed Sudan’s confidence in the African Union and the solutions it could offer, provided that Sudan deals with the organization as a full member. He further stressed that the basis of the solution lies in the withdrawal of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from the cities and villages they occupied. 
For his part, Ibn Chambas stressed the need to stop the conflict and achieve stability for Sudan and its people. He pointed to the AU high-Level Panel’s keenness and endeavor to find solutions to the crisis, noting that the panel listened to all Sudanese political forces.
 In January 2024, the AU announced the formation of a High-Level Panel on the Resolution of the conflict in Sudan. The panel consists of three African figures, including Ibn Chambas as Chairman, Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe, former vice-president of the Republic of Uganda, and Francisco Madeira, former special representative of the Chairperson of the Commission to Somalia, as members. The...