The State Minister for Foreign Affairs John Mulimba, has assured the public that the government is working round the clock to ensure the safe evacuation of Ugandans stranded in Sudan.
While presenting a statement to plenary on Tuesday morning, Mulimba revealed that a total of 300 Ugandan Nationals are stuck in the country since unrest erupted last week.
He said among them include 120 working in Khartoum, 116 students in different institutions of learning, 19 who were trapped by the war en route to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, 14 are patients and health workers in hospitals and six others are on short visits.
The Minister stated that Ugandan Mission in Khartoum is in talks with the International Organization for Migration – IOM to ensure the evacuation of those willing to leave the country and to ascertain if the number of Ugandans abroad is bigger.
“The Ministry has been in touch with the mission in Khartoum which was instructed to establish the safety of Ugandans caught up in the ongoing fighting in Sudan.The embassy has so far established that there are approximately 300 Ugandans in Sudan. We continue to look for more Ugandans and ask them to contact the mission. We have requested the IOM to support Ugandans wishing to return home,” he said
He also stated that organs like Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the African Union – AU, have appointed other African heads to meet with the two warring factions to resolve their conflict and restore peace.
Among the Presidents include; Dr. William Ruto from Kenya, South Sudan’s Salvar Kiir, and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh of Djibouti to Khartoum.
He said that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has also called for a cession of hostilities in the ongoing impasse.
“The President under the auspices of Igad has appealed to the warring sides to seize fighting and return to the negotiating table. In addition the President has consulted the Chairman of the African Union and regional counterparts under IGAD and proposals have been sent for a fact finding mission in Khartoum led by the South Sudan President Salvar Kiir,” he added
Two army generals; Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are at the heart of the power struggle in the ongoing deadly civil war.
At least 200 people have died since fighting broke out.
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