{"id":4647,"date":"2026-02-12T22:10:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/sudans-au-suspension-may-be-lifted"},"modified":"2026-02-12T23:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:20:15","slug":"sudans-au-suspension-may-be-lifted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/sudans-au-suspension-may-be-lifted","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019S AU Suspension may be Lifted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>The African Union appears to be moving toward ending the freeze on Sudan\u2019s membership, after inviting its foreign minister, Mohi al-Din Salem, to a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council, which opened on Thursday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n<p>Inviting a country whose membership is suspended to this key meeting is unprecedented in the Council\u2019s history, signaling a shift in the African Union\u2019s stance toward Khartoum.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohi al-Din Salem Ahmed renewed his call on the African Union to end the suspension of Sudan\u2019s membership in the continental organization, during a session of the AU Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n<p>He said the conflict in Sudan \u201chas reached its end,\u201d stressing that the war \u201cis not an objective,\u201d and that the Sudanese government will continue working to achieve lasting peace. At the same time, he accused what he described as \u201cexternal parties\u201d of fueling the conflict, and accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of illegally exploiting gold resources in areas under their control.<\/p>\n<p>In press remarks, Salem Ahmed emphasized Sudan\u2019s role in protecting the African continent from multiple threats, including foreign armed interventions, arguing that lifting Sudan\u2019s suspension would benefit Africa. He also noted that Sudan is a founding member of the African Union.<\/p>\n<p>The African Union froze Sudan\u2019s membership following measures taken by the head of Sudan\u2019s Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on 25 October 2021, when he dissolved the Sovereignty Council and the Council of Ministers and declared a state of emergency in the country\u2014steps the AU regarded as a coup.<\/p>\n<p>According to Toukal, the invitation reflects the African Union\u2019s support for the Sudanese government. He said the meeting was \u201cSudanese through and through,\u201d and that it may issue a decision to end the freeze on Sudan\u2019s membership.<\/p>\n<p>Participating ministers affirmed their countries\u2019 support for the Khartoum government in confronting militias, which Toukal said the participants described as a danger to the security of the continent as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Salem reiterated that the war in his country has reached its end, that the government is continuing its intensive efforts to achieve peace, and that the intervention of certain external parties helped inflame the conflict. He also stated that the RSF are exploiting gold resources in the areas they control through unlawful means.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. The African Union appears to be moving toward ending the freeze on Sudan\u2019s membership, after inviting its foreign minister, Mohi al-Din Salem, to a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council, which opened on Thursday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Inviting a country whose membership is suspended to this key meeting is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-4647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-policy","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sudan\u2019S AU Suspension may be Lifted - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press. 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