President William Ruto pushed his involvement in the Sudanese peace talks despite disapproval from the Sudanese General. The General has been against Ruto’s involvement in the peace talks between the warring parties.
On Monday, in a meeting with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) held at the Statehouse in Nairobi, Ruto gave his remarks. He remarked on the progress of the talks in Sudan. In the process, he revealed that he was pushing on with his position in leading the talks.
“A coordinated approach involving all stakeholders is the best chance to restore peace and stability, accelerate the return to normalcy, and alleviate the humanitarian crisis inside the country and in the wider region,” mentioned Ruto.
In June, Ruto was chosen to lead the peace talks in Sudan. Sudan General, Ab-del Fattah Al-Burhan, rejected the Ruto-led peace process. He went on to accuse Kenya’s president of being involved with the Rapid Support Forces leader, Dagalo. The president, however, denied these allegations and affirmed his neutrality to the war. The General suggested the South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir, to lead the peace talks instead.
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” The Government of the Republic of Sudan announces its rejection of Kenya’s chairmanship of the IGAD Committee concerned with addressing the current crisis in Sudan, given that the Kenyan Government and its senior officials have adopted RSF positions, sheltered its elements and provided them with various types of support,” Sudan’s ministry of foreign affairs stated.
Peace Talk Initiative
The initiative is dubbed, ‘Troika on Sudan’ which involves representatives from Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Somalia. The process is aimed at bringing General Al-Burhan and RSF leader, Mohammed Dagalo to the negotiation table within 10 days.
IGAD responded to the allegations of Kenya and RSF by insisting on the maintenance of Ruto as the leader of the process to pursue peace in Sudan. They mentioned that unless the bloc’s head of state revised the resolutions, they would remain the same.
Prior to this meeting in Nairobi, General Al-Burhan mentioned that the war would likely spill over to its neighbours if international parties did not intervene. He went ahead to ask for the RSF to be termed as a terrorist group instead of just a paramilitary force.
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