{"id":20072308,"date":"2024-02-14T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20072308"},"modified":"2024-02-14T15:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:23:42","slug":"sudan-stakeholders-meet-with-us-asst-state-sec-in-addis-ababa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-stakeholders-meet-with-us-asst-state-sec-in-addis-ababa","title":{"rendered":"Sudan stakeholders meet with US Asst State Sec in Addis Ababa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A delegation of the Civil Democratic Forces alliance (better known as Tagaddum<\/em>) met with the US Assistant Secretary of State on African Affairs Molly Phee, in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, yesterday. Phee also sat with representatives from the now-banned resistance committees, and members of Sudanese women civil society organisations (CSOs).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting was held to discuss \u201cgeneral developments on the situation in Sudan\u201d, as well as efforts to end the war and achieve a sustainable democratic civil transition, Tagaddum<\/a><\/em> (meaning progress in Arabic) said in a statement after it ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a post on X<\/a> (formerly Twitter) yesterday, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee welcomed the efforts made by Tagaddum<\/em> to form a \u201cbroad, inclusive, pro-democracy\u201d civilian front to end the war and to \u201cinclude a wide range of voices, perspectives, peoples, and backgrounds\u201d to tackle the conflict in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a meeting with Sudanese women CSOs on the same day, the African Affairs bureau chief reiterated<\/a> that there is \u201cno acceptable military solution to the conflict in Sudan\u201d and reaffirmed US support for women\u2019s full participation in governance in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phee said she also sat with \u201cleaders of grassroots organisations (including Resistance Committees) from across Sudan\u201d, in another X post<\/a> yesterday. She applauded their dedication to \u201chelping meet immediate humanitarian needs [and] helping sustain the grassroots community necessary to build the dignified future the Sudanese people deserve\u201d. As reported by Dabanga, the acting Minister of Federal Governance issued a decree banning all grassroots committees<\/a> in Sudan, including resistance committees, native administration committees, and committees of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), on January 16.<\/p>\n