IGAD dissolves Ruto task force on Sudan conflict
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President Rutowas elected by IGAD to engage warring parties to seek solutions to end the ongoing conflict in Sudan
President Ruto was elected by IGAD to engage warring parties to seek solutions to end the ongoing conflict in Sudan.
A panel headed by President William Ruto and tasked with finding ways to put an end to the ongoing conflict in Sudan has been dissolved by the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD).
In a statement released on Sunday following a meeting the Head of State attended in Djibouti, the assembly welcomed a comprehensive report tabled by Ruto in his capacity as the Chairperson of the Quartet Group of Countries.
Ruto had been appointed to the role in mid-2023 to lead the quartet of countries including Kenya, South Sudan, Djibouti, and Ethiopia.
The goal assigned to the lean team was to negotiate a ceasefire and facilitate peaceful negotiations with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the warring parties.
“The Assembly welcomed the comprehensive report tabled by the Chairperson of the Quartet Group of Countries, H.E. Dr. William Ruto, and expressed gratitude at the commitment with which he steered the efforts of the quartet; and appreciated the dedication and efforts of the members of the Quartet towards peacefully resolving the ongoing crisis in the Republic of Sudan and noting that the Quartet had ably discharged the task for which it was established,” read the communique in part.
“The IGAD Assembly adopted the report filed, and resolved, in the interest of shared and collective responsibility, to be fully seized of the search for peace in the Sudan.”
After the meeting, South Sudan’s Foreign Minister Dr. James Pitia Morgan told the press that Ruto had submitted the report.
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As a result, the assembly dissolved the quartet and handed the peacekeeping efforts back to IGAD and the African Union.
“The report submitted by President Ruto of Kenya in his capacity as the chair of IGAD Quartet has outlined the role of the quartet from the time this docket was given to this day, and also that brings to an end the role of the quartet,” Morgan stated as per Eye Radio, a south Sudanese media outlet.
“The responsibility has now been handed over to IGAD and the African Union. Quartet has ended its role so there is no more quartet to this point.
So, it is now the responsibility IGAD and AU to take this process forward.”
The quartet, which was formed in June, wanted to bring Sudanese General Ab-del Fattah Al-Burhan and his rival Mohamed Dagalo to the negotiation table within 10 days.
Al-Burhan, however, rejected Ruto’s appointment to the role and requested the process to be led by South Sudan President Salva Kiir, claiming that Kenya was supporting Mohammed Dagalo.
He argued that Kenya was taking sides with the RSF in the ongoing conflict in Sudan and that Ruto has a personal relationship with Dagalo.
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