African leaders urge 'peaceful' transition in Sudan, ceasefire in Libya via SABCNewsOnline
Egypt hosted African leaders for emergency talks on Tuesday on the upheavals in neighbouring Sudan and Libya, as PresidentSisi, current chair of the African Union, called for a coherent regional response as protesters in Khartoum pressed demands for a civilian government and Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar’s forces bear down onThe leaders in Cairo called for an “immediate halt” to the fighting in Libya and urged Sudan’s new military rulers to implement “peaceful, organised and...
Bashir left office on April 11, but protesters have continued to hold mass rallies and world powers have backed their calls for a swift transition to a non-military government — demands the council has so far resisted. The Egyptian president also called on the international community to “shoulder the pressing economic burden” facing Sudan.
It has echoed Sudanese protesters’ demands, saying “a military-led transition would be completely contrary to the aspirations of the people of Sudan”. Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army launched an offensive against Tripoli, the seat of the internationally recognised unity government, on April 4.
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