AUPSC Delegation to Visit Sudan

Members of the African Peace and Security Council will arrive in Port Sudan on Thursday, October 3, on a one-day official visit.

According to diplomatic sources, the delegation of the African Peace and Security Council includes officials from the African Union Commission.
The same sources added that the Arab Republic of Egypt will assume the presidency of the African Peace and Security Council for the month of October, as Sudan has high hopes for the role that Egypt can play in favor of Sudan’s issues, given its steadfast support for Sudan’s unity, stability, and territorial integrity.
According to the sources, the visit provides an opportunity for the council to listen to the official Sudanese side, civil society, and political parties, and then closely monitor the situation and developments, which will help the African Peace and Security Council assess the situation, especially since the country has a clear roadmap for the transition, which was clearly reflected in the speech of the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council in New York.

The council members are expected to meet with senior state officials, most notably the Head of the Sovereignty Council, 1st. Lieutenant General Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan. The sources pointed out that the meeting of the members of the African Peace and Security Council with Al-Burhan is the most important, as it will discuss the main issues related to the war and the file of suspending Sudan’s membership in the African Union.
It is worth noting that Sudan’s membership in the African Union was suspended one day after the change that occurred in Sudan on October 25, 2021, and the dissolution of the government headed by Dr. Abdullah Hamdok, and that the suspension was based on a recommendation put forward by the African Peace and Security Council, one of the most important mechanisms of the African Union’s work, after it convened immediately after the change.
Sudan is one of the first African countries to gain its independence and contributed effectively to the establishment of the Organization of African Unity, which later transformed into the African Union, of which the Peace and Security Council is one of its most important mechanisms. Sudan has been keen on the necessity of resolving African issues within the African home.
The African Peace and Security Council includes fifteen countries, five of which are elected every three years, and ten countries for two years. Its current membership consists of Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.