Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The continued violation of the call for a ceasefire in the ongoing war in Sudan is derailing attempts to have a permanent solution, President Salva Kiir has bemoaned.
Kiir was picked by IGAD to lead a three-man team of African heads of state to mediate the talks between forces loyal to Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, president of the Supreme Council, and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
The Sudanese national army, which pledges allegiance to al-Burhan, has been engaging the paramilitary side (Rapid Support Forces) in a bloody war that has since claimed more than 300 lives. The war erupted last Saturday, with Dagalo accusing al-Burhan of failing to agree on how to have a civilian-led government in place.
“I am supposed to lead the team, but we could not make it (to Khartoum) as we had planned because the two guys keep violating the ceasefire,” Kiir said Thursday.
“The war in Sudan is something very unfortunate that no one expected and that has surprised everyone,” added Kiir, who is deputized by Kenya’s president William Ruto.
The other member of the prominent group tasked with finding the ever-elusive peace in Sudan is Djibouti’s President – Ismail Omar Guelleh.
“We tried,” added President Kiir.
“What miracle can we do to land in a place where bullets are flying even at the county’s airport?” he posed, adding that they are engaging the warring parties to cease hostilities before they travel to Khartoum for talks.
“We will wait until they give us the green light.”
Kiir spoke when he joined the Muslim community of South Sudan for the annual Ramadan breakfast at Freedom Hall.
Meanwhile, Kiir on Thursday directed the Ministry of Defence to tighten security along South Sudan and Sudan’s border points.
Source: The City Review
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