Renewed Appeal for Mediation in Sudan Civil War
TRANSCEND MEMBERS, 3 Nov 2025
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
30 Oct 2025 – In response to October 2025 reports of mass killings, including persons in hospital beds in El-Fasher, Sudan, by members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Association of World Citizens has called for strong United Nations efforts to mediate an end to the civil war in Sudan.
A civil war has gone on since April 2023 in Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces led by General Mohamed Hamdan, known by his battle name of Hemedti, and the Sudanese Armed Forces then led by General Abdul Fattah al-Burham. Each of the two generals has created local militias which rob, torture, rape, and create conditions of disorder. Many of these militias use child soldiers in violation of U.N. treaties on the protection of children. The civil war has led to some 150,000 persons killed and 10 million displaced.
The capture of El-Fasher came after more than 500 days of siege. Already on 13 June 2024, the U.N. Security Council called for an end to the siege of El-Fasher, capital of the North Darfur Province of Sudan. The Council requested all parties ro enable lifesaving aid to enter El-Fasher, the center of the most vicious fighting in the Province. Unfortunately the Security Council appeal fell on deaf ears.
The Association of World Citizens does not underestimate the difficulties of mediation to end the Sudan Civil War. There has been armed conflict in Sudan since the eve of independence in the mid-1950s. These conflicts were organized along ethnic and religious lines.The conflicts led to the creation of a new state, South Sudan, where tensions are also strong.
Mediation efforts should be carried out under the responsibility of the United Nations. However, non-governmental organizations may play a positive role.
Mediation is about men and women, and the attitudes that make for conflict between them. The attempt to bring about a change in understanding will include continual interpretation of what the others are saying, explanations of their attitudes, and exposure of false rumours – roles which non-governmental organizations can play.
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René Wadlow is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment. He is President of the Association of World Citizens, an international peace organization with consultative status with ECOSOC, the United Nations organ facilitating international cooperation and problem-solving in economic and social issues, and editor of Transnational Perspectives.
Tags: Africa, Conflict Mediation, Conflict Transformation, South Sudan, Sudan
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