Sudanese opposition launches a campaign to stop the war
June 13, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The opposition “Sudan Call” forces has launched Saturday the “Leave to Stop the War” campaign and called for immediate international intervention to stop aerial bombing on civilians and end the war in South Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur.
“Sudan Call” forces include the rebel umbrella Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), National Umma Party (NUP) and the opposition alliance of the National Consensus Forces (NCF).
They demanded in a press conference on Saturday national, regional and international parties to swiftly provide humanitarian assistance to end the suffering caused by the civil war.
The secretary general of the NUP, Sara Nugd Allah, said their priority is to end the war and achieve just and permanent peace as, noting they would work with all national forces to achieve peaceful coexistence among entire components of the Sudanese society.
According to a statement issued on Saturday, the campaign aims to reveal atrocities committed by the regime in various Sudanese regions, adding it also seeks to expand the popular base which calls for ending the war as an entry point to resolve Sudan’s problems and achieve peace and democratic transformation.
The statement added the campaign would include holding of lectures and public activities in various Sudanese cities and with the participation of various sectors including civil society, religious leaders and Sofi orders besides the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
It urged all civil and political forces to support the campaign and call for stopping government’s targeting of civilians.
It should be recalled that the “Sudan Call” forces also launched the “Leave/Get out” campaign Arabic Arhal to boycott the general elections held last April.
The Sudanese army and its allied militias have been fighting Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/North (SPLM-N) rebels in Blue Nile and South Kordofan since 2011 and a group of armed movements in Darfur since 2003.
(ST)