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In a statement extended to Sudans Post this morning, the organization said the world needs to act urgently to address the deadly violence that is ongoing in the country and has displaced hundreds of thousands including from the capital Khartoum.
“Crime against humanity is taking place in the ongoing Sudan armed deadly violence in the eye of the world without any practical intervention,” said Edmund Yakani, Executive Director of CEPO. “Instead, some members of the global community are seriously engaged in fueling the deadly violence across Sudan.”
The civil society watchdog further criticized the slow response of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Union (AU) in stopping the ongoing violence in Sudan as result of their failure to bring the warring generals there to negotiating table.
“The Sudan warring parties leaders require some threats and pressure to allow the ceasefire to hold and report to the political mediation table,” said Yakani. “The political attitudes of the leaders of the warring parties are much influenced by the thinking of winning the war or resolving their political differences through military solutions.”
Yakani emphasized the need for the leadership of South Sudan to play an effective and influential role in resolving the conflict.
“It is essential for South Sudan’s president to urgently appoint a special envoy to Sudan,” he said. “In the same note, IGAD should strengthen the role of its special envoy to Sudan violence.”
The watchdog further urged the players behind the warring parties of Sudan to allow the ceasefire to hold and pushed the leaders of the warring parties to resolve their political differences through mediation.
“Sponsors of the proxy war in Sudan are aiding the concept of fighting for winning,” said Yakani. “External actors must stop becoming war profiteers through Sudan violence.”
The ongoing violence in Sudan – which begun on April 15 following attack by Rapid Support Forces on army and government positions in the capital Khartoum – has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and sparked international evacuation.
