African Consultative Summit The Sudanese military junta is giving three months to hand over power

Leaders of the African Consultative Summit agreed to the regional partners of Sudan to grant the Sudanese military council three months to establish a democratic system, before the deadline of the end of this month. The African Peace and Security Council is scheduled to hold a special session on the Sudan by the end of this month.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in a speech at the summit in Cairo on Tuesday that the summit "aims at discussing the successive developments in Sudan and supporting the efforts of the Sudanese people to achieve their hopes and aspirations." He praised the efforts of the Transitional Military Council and political forces And Sudanese civilian to reach a "national consensus."

At the end of the summit, Sissi said that African leaders "agreed on the urgent need to address the situation in Sudan and establish a comprehensive democratic system ... and agreed to give more time to implement those measures" with the assistance of the African Union.

According to the final statement of the summit, participants recommended that the Peace and Security Council of the African Union extend the timetable given to the Sudanese authority for a period of three months, in light of the briefing by the President of the Federation Commission, Mousa Faki, on his recent visit to Sudan.

The African Union threatened on April 15 to suspend the membership of the Sudan if the Transitional Military Council does not hand over power to civilians within 15 days.

An African diplomatic source told the island that the African Peace and Security Council will hold a special session on Sudan on June 30th in Tunis on the sidelines of the regular meeting of the AU Permanent Representatives Committee.

The source said that the council will discuss the latest developments in the Sudan in light of the end of the deadline for Khartoum to hand over power to civilians, adding that the deadline will be determined by the Peace and Security Council and will be changed only by a decision of the Council, both at the level of permanent representatives or ministers or heads of state.

The leaders of South Africa were Cyril Ramavuza, Somalia Mohammed Abdullah Mohamed, Chad Idriss Deby, Djibouti Ismail Omar Ghaleh, Rwanda Paul Kagame and Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Protesters continue to sit in front of the army headquarters in Khartoum to pressure the military junta and its demand to accelerate the handover of power to a civilian government.