US pushes for Sudan ceasefire as Igad leaders wait to mediate
Sudanese soldiers loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan inspecting the Rapid Support Forces base in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan on April 16, 2023. PHOTO | AFP
Leaders from regional bloc the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) are banking on a ceasefire pushed by the US to have Sudan’s rival security factions lay down the arms.
The leaders from member states Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Djibouti were expected to travel to Khartoum to prevail upon the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who have clashed since Saturday in Khartoum and Meroe cities in Sudan, to end their deadly fighting.
