Burhan, Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of Sudan
By Moses Ntandu, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
With great sadness I will start by saying Africans must wake up and raise the voices so that it can help stop the killing of innocent brothers and sisters commited by few greedy people.
This argument is based on the entire future of Peace and security in Africa. There has been a huge wave of killings of thousands of innocent people, a large group being women, Children, Elderly and youth who are the nation of tomorrow and the strong foundation of our African continent.
Countries like the Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan and Somalia are our fellow African who are going through difficult times but the worst situation is in was I’m Sudan and currently the DRC is bleeding with the blood of thousands of innocent people but still Africa is silent as if nothing is happening there.
In this article I will discuss the issue of the killing of thousands of innocent people in the Republic of Sudan, but great efforts has been done by the Chairman of the Transitional Military Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
The Sudanese government has stood firm for nearly five years of bittersweet struggles for justice in the country under General Al-Burhan, who has stood as a Lion of the Wild and a defender of the Sudanese people who will always be remembered for his ability to restore peace to Sudan after all that five years of turmoil. Peace has now returned, despite a few parts of the country experiencing sporadic conflicts.
Yesterday the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has described the suffering of the Sudanese people as indescribable and demanded the world’s full attention.
During his opening statement at the inaugural session of the 60th meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, yesterday (Monday), Türk blamed the warring parties in Sudan for the continued suffering of Sudanese civilians.
He charged that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) showing a complete disregard for international humanitarian and human rights law, and pointed to the killing of thousands of civilians this year and the escalation of hostilities in states of Darfur and Kordofan.
He added that after more than a year of siege by the Rapid Support Forces, the situation in El Fasher has become catastrophic. People are struggling to access food, water, and medical supplies under constant bombardment. Sexual violence is widespread, especially against displaced women and girls. There are no safe routes out of the city. He pinpointed that he has repeatedly raised the risk of further atrocities and ethnically spurred violence.
This situation shows that despite the great efforts made and continuing to be made by the Sudanese government to help save the lives of its innocent people, international support is still needed to raise voice that will help condemn the ongoing military crimes by the RSF and other criminal gangs that are taking advantage of what is currently happening in the country.
It is also not a bad thing to commend the efforts made and even imitate the good things that are being done in the country, including the unity and solidarity shown by the political parties in the country as one to fight for the interests of their country.
This is a very good message for other countries facing violence and unrest that lead to the destruction of peace, countries like the DRC to emulate the good example of Sudan, putting aside political ideologies and putting the interests of the country first, all political parties to oppose, condemn and fight fully against all violence so that peace can return to normal, then other political activities can continue.
In Africa, we have a great opportunity to help each other, to restore unity and good cooperation as it was six or seven decades ago when almost all African nations were fighting for independence from colonialism.
Where has that unity and solidarity gone?
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