President Muhammadu Buhari has said the ongoing fight in the Sudanese capital between the military and the para-military, Rapid Support Forces (RSF), was
During a visit to him by the transitional president of Chad, Gen. Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno in Makkah, Saudi Arabia yesterday, Buhari described the fighting that claimed tens of lives as unfortunate.
In a statement issued by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, he said the two leaders reviewed the unfortunate situation and called on all neighbouring countries and the international community to prevail on the warring sides to stop fighting and negotiate. “The situation in Sudan is unfortunate,” said the president, adding that Sudan deserves peace after all that it had gone through in the past.
Buhari commended the Chadian leader for his “efforts to see a calming down, and for them to live peacefully. But you have to keep trying.”
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