Sudan’s ‘Hemedti’ meets with Kenyan president

Amidst his Horn of Africa tour, Hemedti visited Nairobi to meet with Kenyan President William Ruto. A Tagaddum delegation led by former PM Abdallah Hamdok held talks with the president of Djibouti, focused on halting the ongoing war in Sudan.

The commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Lt Gen Mohamed ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, held discussions with Kenyan President William Ruto in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, on Wednesday.

The meeting focused on “recent developments in Sudan, examining the root causes of the war and exploring solutions to alleviate the crisis and the suffering of our people”, according to a post by Hemedti on his X page (formerly Twitter).

Hemedti explained that he presented Ruto with his “strategy to cease hostilities and start negotiations for a comprehensive resolution”, thanking Kenya’s and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) for their “substantial efforts to help bring an end to this conflict, notably the 41st Extraordinary Session of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Djibouti on December 9.

The RSF commander arrived in Nairobi as part of his tour to member states of the African Union. He visited Djibouti to meet President Ismail Guelleh on Sunday, and held talks in Ethiopia with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and in Uganda with President Yoweri Museveni last week.

On Sunday evening, Sudan’s junta leader Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan lashed out at countries that received Hemedti on his current tour, accusing them of “partnering in the crimes committed by these murderers”.

Tagaddum

A delegation of the Civil Democratic Forces (Tagaddum), headed by former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, held discussions with Djiboutian President Ismail Guelleh in the capital, Djibouti, on Wednesday.

Osama Saeed, member of the delegation, told Radio Dabanga that Tagaddum “provided the President of Djibouti with a comprehensive explanation of our vision for stopping the war and establishing sustainable peace”.

The delegation also informed President Guelleh of the recent efforts made by Tagaddum in communicating with the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and RSF, which led to the signing of the Addis Ababa Declaration Agreement between Tagaddum and the RSF in the Ethiopian capital on Monday.

The Addis Ababa Declaration outlines the RSF’s commitment to a cessation of hostilities, subject to the Tagaddum coalition aligning with SAF commanders on procedural matters.