(Source: Wikipedia Commons)  Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan

By  Gary  Raynaldo     –   DIPLOMATIC  TIMES

Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan visited Ethiopia Tuesday and met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy and African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki amid the ongoing crisis in his country. In a statement after his return from Addis Ababa, Sudan’s Sovereign Council said that Al-Burhan and Abiy discussed the repercussions of the conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, which started last April, according to the Sudan Tribune.

“The Chairman of the Sovereign Council briefed the Ethiopian Prime Minister on the efforts made by the Sudanese government to cease fire, end the war and bring peace to Sudan,” the statement said. “He further reiterated the government’s cooperation with all initiatives to find solutions to this crisis that Sudan is going through.”

In a  statement on Twitter, Abiy said he welcomed al-Burhan’s visit “for discussions on key current issues”.

A war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, rival factions of the military government of Sudan, began on 15 April 2023, with the fighting concentrated around the capital city of Khartoum and the Darfur region. Mass killings have been reported with millions displaced.