Politics
Shocking!! See Why Sudan’s Leader Rushed To Meet Museveni In Uganda As War Rages On In Sudan
Chairman of Sudan’s transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has this Saturday met Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni in an official visit, according to sources at Uganda’s State House and a statement from Sudan’s Sovereign Council.
Gen Al Burhan, Sudan’s Military leader , is looking to energize regional support at the time when the army is locked in a civil war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Gen Al-Burhan held talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni about ways of upgrading reciprocal relations and issues of mutual concern.
He travelled to Uganda accompanied by acting Foreign Minister Ali Al-Sadiq and Director of the General Intelligence Service Ahmed Ibrahim Mufadel.Sudan has been seeing destructive clashes between the SAF and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the capital Khartoum and other areas since April 15, resulting in at least 3,000 deaths and more than 6,000 injuries, according to figures released by the Sudanese Health Ministry.
In the interim, the visit comes just a short time after H.E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit was hosted at State House Entebbe for a one-day working visit.
Among other things, Kiir and Museveni discussed progress on the resolutions of the 40th extraordinary meeting of Heads of State and Government held in April 2023 at the onset of armed clashes between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum.
They also discussed bilateral matters and the issue of border security between South Sudan and Uganda.