President Museveni has renewed calls for a cease fire in the ongoing conflict in Sudan, and warned the Army against personalizing the country.
Museveni met the Special Envoy of the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council in Sudan, Amb. Dafallah Al-Haj Ali at State House Entebbe, where the two are said to have discussed the conflict that has the region on its toes.
Sudan was plunged into the latest round of fighting on April 14 between the country’s national army led by Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanded by his former deputy and fellow coup leader, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
The former allies disagreed on plans to integrate the latter’s mighty RSF fighters into the mainstream Sudan army, which would reportedly weaken him militarily and politically.
The warring sides have repeatedly violated a ceasefire agreement, with neither side yielding to truce calls, by among others the United Nations, the African Union and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
Museveni also cautioned Sudanese leadership against sectarianism.
Kampala has been keeping tabs on the delicate security situation in Sudan, with heightened concerns of the conflict spilling over into the region.
Last month, Uganda successfully evacuated slightly over 200 of its citizens who had been trapped in Khartoum, but some remain in the country.
