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African Plan Proposed to Implement Sudan’s Jeddah Agreement

Omar al-Bashir’s regime waged wars for several years in South Sudan and Darfur (AFP)
Omar al-Bashir’s regime waged wars for several years in South Sudan and Darfur (AFP)
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African Plan Proposed to Implement Sudan’s Jeddah Agreement

Omar al-Bashir’s regime waged wars for several years in South Sudan and Darfur (AFP)
Omar al-Bashir’s regime waged wars for several years in South Sudan and Darfur (AFP)

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) special envoy for Sudan, Lawrence Korbandy, has proposed deploying African troops to help implement the Jeddah Agreement, reports said on Friday.

According to the Sudan Tribune, the plan involves 4,500 troops from neutral countries, with each contributing 900 soldiers for six months, and is subject to renewal.

In related news, Sudan’s ousted National Congress Party (NCP) is facing a major split after its Shura Council elected ICC fugitive Ahmed Haroun as leader, defying objections from a faction led by Ibrahim Mahmoud, who warned of a potential party fracture.

Sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that Thursday’s meeting in Atbara, River Nile State, was attended by Haroun, Islamist leader Ali Ahmed Karti, former vice president Ali Osman Taha, and Osama Abdullah. Supporters abroad joined online.

Sources said ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir addressed the Shura Council in an audio message, backing Harounès election. Islamist movement members secured the meeting.

Mahmoud’s leadership office rejected the Shura Council meeting in a statement last Wednesday, calling it a violation of party rules and urging members to boycott it.

The split in Sudan’s ousted National Congress Party (NCP) widened after Ibrahim Mahmoud returned to Port Sudan from Türkiye. Mahmoud rejected the Shura Council’s decisions and plans to form a new party under the same name.

Sources said his faction wants to break ties with ICC-wanted leaders, including al-Bashir, Haroun, and Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, blaming them for the party's political losses.

The dispute escalated after Mahmoud’s return, with strong support reportedly coming from Nafie Ali Nafie and former intelligence chief Mohamed Atta al-Moula.

According to sources, Haroun’s faction quickly convened the Shura Council meeting, with backing from Karti, who is reportedly responsible for sparking the April 15, 2023, conflict. The move was aimed at sidelining any rival factions seeking to take control of the party.

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Hezbollah: Any Truce Must Swiftly End Fighting, Preserve Lebanese Sovereignty

A Lebanese army inspection team checks destruction at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted one of their positions in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Sarafand on November 20, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
A Lebanese army inspection team checks destruction at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted one of their positions in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Sarafand on November 20, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
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Hezbollah: Any Truce Must Swiftly End Fighting, Preserve Lebanese Sovereignty

A Lebanese army inspection team checks destruction at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted one of their positions in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Sarafand on November 20, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
A Lebanese army inspection team checks destruction at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted one of their positions in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Sarafand on November 20, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

A Hezbollah official said on Wednesday that any US-brokered ceasefire deal between the group and Israel must end fighting swiftly and must preserve Lebanon's sovereignty, an apparent reference to Israel's stance that it will keep striking the Iran-backed group even with a truce in place.

Speaking to Hezbollah media, Mahmoud Qmati said that he was neither overly optimistic nor overly pessimistic about the prospects of a truce.

The US proposal could see Israeli ground forces leave Lebanon and Hezbollah militants withdraw away from the Israeli border. More Lebanese army troops and UN peacekeepers would be sent to a buffer zone in southern Lebanon as part of the deal.

But CNN has reported that an Israeli source familiar with the talks cast doubt on the likelihood of an imminent deal, noting that Hezbollah’s refusal to accept Israel’s demand for the right to strike the group in the event of a ceasefire violation could jeopardize the process. Without this clause, the source said, it was uncertain whether Israel’s prime minister could get cabinet approval for the agreement.

Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel the day after the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 in what it said was solidarity with the Palestinians. Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes, and all-out war erupted in September.

Israeli bombardment has killed more than 3,500 people in Lebanon and wounded almost 15,000, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. It also displaced nearly 1.2 million, or a quarter of Lebanon’s population. On the Israeli side, 87 soldiers and 50 civilians have been killed by rockets, drones and missiles, and tens of thousands of Israelis have been evacuated from homes near the border.