Chairperson of the Africa Union Moussa Faki Mahamat has appointed three eminent African personalities as members of the AU High-Level Panel on Sudan towards the restoration of peace in the country.
In a statement on Wednesday, Mahamat said the appointment takes effect immediately in line with the conclusion of the AU Peace Security Council.
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the AU High Representative for Silencing the Guns, will chair the panel.
Dr Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe, former Uganda vice president will serve as a member alongside Amb Francisco Madeira, former Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission (SRCC) to Somalia and Head of AMISOM/ATMIS.
"The members of the AU High-Level Panel will work with all the Sudanese stakeholders to ensure all-inclusive processes towards the swift restoration of peace constitutional order and stability in Sudan," Mahamat said.
He called on stakeholders and the international community to extend necessary cooperation to the panel towards the successful execution of their mandate.
Stakeholders engaged in the Sudanese peace process include civilian forces, the military and regional and global actors including IGAD, the UN and the League of Arab States.
War broke out in the capital Khartoum on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under Hemedti, rival factions of the military government of Sudan.
Official data indicates that at least 12,000 people had been killed and 33,000 others were injured by the close of the year while over 5.8 million others were internally displaced and more than 1.5 million others had fled the country as refugees.
On May 20, 2023, Saudi Arabia brokered an “Agreement on Short-Term Ceasefire and Humanitarian Arrangements in Sudan” in Jeddah as IGAD pursues permanent cessation of hostilities in Djibouti.
