CAIRO (Halbeeg News) – African Union (AU) has agreed to give Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) a three-month ultimatum to form a government.
A joint statement issued on Monday after a consultative meeting by the regional partners of Sudan, the regional bloc allowed the military to rule the country for this period.
The meeting held in Cairo town under the umbrella of the African Union (AU) was chaired by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.
The countries extended their support for efforts to stabilise Sudan, maintain its unity, secure its borders and combat any illegal cross-border activities, including arms smuggling, organized crime, and human trafficking.
“The African Union reaffirmed its commitment to the unity, sovereignty, integrity, and cohesion of Sudan and its territorial integrity and expressed their full support for the role of the African Union, IGAD and neighbouring countries in supporting Sudan’s efforts to overcome the political, security and economic challenges,” the statement reads in part.
The spokesperson of the Egyptian presidency said that the African leaders at the consultation meeting on the crisis in Sudan, held under the umbrella of the African Union (AU) in Cairo on Tuesday, have agreed to give Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) a three-month grace period to form a government and outline the broad strokes of civilian rule in a transitional period for the country.
According to Egypt’s presidential spokesman Bassam Rady, President El-Sisi, who chairs the AU in 2019, has succeeded in arguing for extending 15-day grace period given earlier to the TMC by the AU Commission to three months.
The leaders at the meeting agreed that the 15-day notice was insufficient for a transitional period.
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