2023-08-08 09:06:00
A committee made up of foreign ministers and representatives of Sudan’s neighboring countries – Central African Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan and Chad – met in Ndjamena on Monday, August 7, 2023. Almost four months following the beginning of the Sudanese conflict and despite numerous attempts at mediation, hopes for peace still seem as weak.
This meeting follows the summit of heads of state and government held in July 2023 in Cairo. The neighboring countries of Sudan have once more called for dialogue between the belligerents and to keep the humanitarian corridors open to assist the populations. They also mentioned the construction of warehouses at the Sudanese borders to facilitate the transport of humanitarian aid and hospitals for medical care.
They also called on international partners to finance certain actions, in order to help the direct victims of this crisis. These partners are also called upon to fill the gap in the humanitarian response plan, especially in terms of the vital needs of the populations. To date, less than 20% of needs have, for example, been funded for Chad, according to the United Nations system.
To achieve all this, the political will of all Sudanese actors is needed to bring all Sudanese to the table of dialogue and to create a favorable framework for a return to peace in this country, estimates in particular Mahamat Saleh Annadif, the Minister Foreign Affairs of Chad.
The latter and his counterparts have agreed to meet once more on the sidelines of the next United Nations General Assembly, next September.
Since April 15, 2023, the war between the army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces of General Mohamed Hamdane Dogolo alias Hemedti has left several thousand dead and nearly 4 million displaced and refugees. “Most have taken refuge in other parts of the country and hundreds of thousands have crossed the borders and taken refuge in neighboring countries, where they live in absolutely catastrophic humanitarian conditions. Especially in Chad”, recently assured Donatella Rovera, in charge of crises and conflicts at Amnesty International, an NGO which published a report entitled “Death has knocked on our door”.
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