Africa
By Anthony Isibor
THE Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has announced the appointment of three eminent African personalities as members of the AU High-Level Panel on the resolution of the conflict in Sudan.
The three African personalities are Mohamed Ibn Chambers, AU High Representative for Silencing the Guns as chairman, Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe, former Vice President of the Republic of Uganda as member, and Amb. Francisco Madeira, Former Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission, SRCC to Somalia and Head of AMISOM/ATMIS as member.
The AU noted that the appointment, which takes effect immediately, is in line with the conclusion of the Union’s Peace and Security Council through Communiqué PSC/MIN/COMM. 1185, 2023 and in furtherance of the AU’s mandate and determination to entrench peace and stability on the continent.
The members of the panel are expected to work with the Sudanese stakeholders: all civilian forces, military belligerents and regional and global actors, including IGAD, UN, League of Arab States to ensure an all-inclusive process towards the swift resolution of peace, constitutional order and stability in Sudan.
Faki Mahamat, while thanking the eminent personalities for accepting the task to serve the AU through this task, also called on all Sudanese stakeholders and the international community to extend all the necessary cooperation and support to the panel members towards a successful execution of the mandate.
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