Tom Perriello is meeting key partners in a push for an end to the conflict.
The United States' new special envoy for Sudan is to travel to Africa and the Middle East in a regional tour as the diplomatic push for a cease-fire in Sudan intensifies.
U.S. Special Envoy Tom Perriello is to travel to Kampala, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Cairo, Djibouti, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, meeting key partners in a push for an end to the conflict in Sudan. "Eager to hear directly from Sudanese civilians across the region, as well as African and regional leaders and multilateral partners, as we push for an immediate end to the civil war and humanitarian crisis," PerrielloLast Friday, 14 out of 15 members of the United Nations Security Council backed a U.K.
The official RSF spokesperson said in a media statement posted on X that the group "welcomes" the Security Council's resolution, calling it a "crucial opportunity to initiate earnest discussions that could catalyse a political pathway."after fighting erupted between the RSF and the SAF following weeks of tensions linked to a plans for a return to civilian rule.
As the conflict approaches its one-year anniversary in April, the UN estimates that at least 12,000 people have been killed, local groups saying the true toll is likely to be much higher.– an estimated 15 percent of the Northeast African nation's population – fleeing their homes. The UN warns "an unimaginable humanitarian crisis is unfolding", the conflict threatening to trigger the "world's largest hunger crisis.
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