One official confirmed Sudanese civil society organizations Sky News Arabia website said that US envoy Tom Perillo informed them during a meeting he held with them in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday, about contacts with the African Union to introduce African peacekeeping forces.
The official explained that Pirillo He expressed his deep dissatisfaction with the intensification of fighting in Sudan And the significant deterioration of the humanitarian situation during the recent period. The official said that Perillo held the army responsible for the failure of peaceful solution efforts, noting that “an organization took control Brotherhood According to the army’s decision.
Perillo’s statements come amid attempts to persuade the leaders of the army and the Rapid Support Forces to return to the negotiating table and reach a solution to end the war that has been ongoing in the country for about 18 months, which has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Sudanese and the displacement of about 13 million from their homes.
However, observers rule out the possibility of any breakthrough towards a negotiated solution in light of the current intensification of fighting in Khartoum And Darfur.
Since the outbreak of the war in mid-April 2023, international and regional parties have put forward 10 initiatives to stop the war, but all of them have not yet succeeded in resolving the crisis.
While these initiatives proposed many solutions and steps to stop the war, they reached decisions that included holding direct meetings between the leaders of… Army andFast supportHowever, these decisions were not implemented.
Observers and political actors attribute the failure of all these attempts and efforts to the multiplicity of platforms, the unwillingness of some parties to reach peace, in addition to the pressure exerted by the Brotherhood group that refuses to stop the war.
Observers believe that the Sudanese crisis has already reached a dead end, pointing out that the horrific deterioration in humanitarian conditions, the increasing civilian casualties of the war, and the expansion of hunger, which has now affected more than 25 million people, are all reasons that suggest the possibility of resorting to external intervention to protect civilians, but they believe that This African intervention will be under a UN umbrella, given the expected complexities within Security Council International.
In this context, Ambassador Al-Sadiq Al-Maqli expects that any draft resolution within the Security Council will face a “veto” by China or Russia, but he indicates the possibility of resorting to the “option”Humanitarian intervention“In the event of any objection from China or Russia, this is an option that can be implemented through a regional international coalition, as happened in several similar conflict hotspots.
Al-Muqali told Sky News Arabia that humanitarian intervention is often carried out by sending reserve forces to East Africa stationed in Kenya, known as “ISAF“.
The African Union and the African Development Authority (IGAD) are adopting a plan to resolve the crisis consisting of 6 points, which includes a permanent ceasefire, disarmament in cities, removing the forces of both sides of the fighting to assembly centers 50 kilometers away from the cities, and deploying African forces to guard strategic institutions. In addition to addressing the humanitarian crisis and starting a political process to resolve the crisis once and for all
