Members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (Anatolia) forces

Minni Arko Minawi, head of the Sudan Liberation Movement and governor of the Darfur region, announced that forces from the movement were heading to the capital, Khartoum, to participate with the army in the fight against the Rapid Support Forces.

Minawi posted a video clip on his Facebook page yesterday, Sunday, among his mobile forces, and said, “On our way towards the capital, Khartoum.”

He added, "We are living in a crisis that lies in the attack on the state, on the rights and dignity of citizens, and on the sovereignty of the state in very many areas of the country."

He continued, "The Sudan Liberation Movement waited 10 months since the start of the war in order to reach solutions, but that did not happen, so the movement must contribute to returning people's property and restoring state sovereignty from those coming from different lands (rapid support)."

Since mid-April 2023, the army, led by the head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (Hemedti), have been waging a war that has left more than 13,000 dead and about 8.5 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations, and local, Arab, and African mediation efforts have failed. End the war.

The movement says that the number of its forces reaches 30,000 fighters in North Darfur state and other areas of the country, and when the war broke out, the movement chose neutrality as a signatory to the 2020 peace agreement, and that the conflict concerns the army and rapid support.

In October 2020, armed movements - including the Sudan Liberation Movement - signed the Juba Peace Agreement, which allowed them to participate in power in Khartoum, in addition to other arrangements.

Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement, Minni Arko Minawi (Anadolu Agency)

On the other hand, the head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, discussed ways to resolve the crisis in the country with the delegation of the High-Level African Mechanism on Sudan, headed by Mohammed bin Chambas.

A statement by the Transitional Sovereignty Council stated that "the head of the African Mechanism held meetings during the last period with leaders of political parties and civil society organizations, where he reviewed visions and ideas regarding stopping the war and restoring peace and stability in Sudan."

He added, "Ben Chambas's visit comes to inform the Council President of the efforts made by the mechanism in this regard, in order to develop a vision for a solution that will be presented to all parties and lead to achieving peace and stability in the country."

This is the second meeting of the African Mechanism in Al-Burhan, as its delegation visited the country on March 3 and discussed developments in the situation there.

On January 18, the African Union announced the formation of a high-level committee concerned with Sudan, headed by Mohamed Ibn Chambas and with the membership of Speciosa, Indira Kazibwe, former Vice President of Uganda, and Francisco Madeira, former Special Representative of the President of the African Commission to Somalia.

Source: Al Jazeera + Anatolia