By Our Reporter
President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has held talks with the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council of the Republic of Sudan, Abdelfatah A. Alburhan whom he hosted at State House Entebbe on Saturday.
Without details, the President Press team in Entebbe reported that Museveni and his guest “deliberated on bilateral and regional issues.”
Museveni is the Chairman of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union. This is Alburhan’s latest trip abroad as battles raged in his country which has been at war since fighting erupted in the capital, Khartoum between the regular army led by Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces commanded by his deputy-turned-rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
Clashes around Khartoum's military headquarters had seen a brief two-week respite before flaring again, with the RSF showering it with artillery fire, according to local reports. At least 7,500 people have been killed since the conflict broke out on April 15, according to a conservative estimate from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.
The war has uprooted more than five million people, including one million who fled across borders, according to United Nations figures. Eyewitnesses on the ground told AFP they heard clashes in central Khartoum, with one resident saying the RSF "is firing heavy artillery" at the army headquarters. Neither side has been able to gain the upper hand in the conflict, with the army controlling the skies and Daglo's fighters embedding themselves in residential areas.
President Museveni reechoed to Alburhan the need for the fighting forces to stop fighting, disengage to agreed positions, hold elections, and reconcile as the only solutions to the ongoing fighting in Sudan.
Entebbe visit is Burhan’s sixth trip abroad having visited several countries including Egypt, South Sudan, and Turkey.
In 2019 when Omar al-Bashir was overthrown, Alburhan was appointed head of the Sovereign Council of military and civilian figures tasked with steering the transition to a fully-fledged democracy. His visit to Entebbe on Saturday follows another one of a high-powered Khartoum delegation that Museveni hosted in May this year.
The team was led by Malik Agar Eyre Ngamyoufa, the Vice Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan.
During their discussion, Agar highlighted the need for continued efforts to bring stability to the region, while Museveni emphasised the importance of ending the fighting and working towards reconciliation and fair elections. Museveni met President Malik Agar in May 2023.
He stressed that the people of Sudan should be given the opportunity to choose their own leader through a democratic process.
“President Museveni also called on activists in Sudan to promote reconciliation and help put an end to the ongoing violence. He noted that if the generals in the army could be convinced that reconciliation is possible, they would be more likely to agree to a ceasefire since they would not fear that they would be executed,” reads the May 31 release from State House Entebbe.
President Museveni reechoed the need for the fighting forces to stop fighting, disengage to agreed positions, hold elections, and reconcile as the only solutions to the ongoing fighting in Sudan.
He called upon the Belligerent forces to give an opportunity to the people of Sudan to choose their own leader through an election saying that Sudan belongs to the people of Sudan. “Sudan does not belong to individuals; it belongs to the people of Sudan,” said Museveni.
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