UNITAMS Continues Consultations with Sudanese Stakeholders to End Crisis

 Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes during a videoconference with several Sudanese party leaders on Friday, January 21, 2022. (SUNA)
Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes during a videoconference with several Sudanese party leaders on Friday, January 21, 2022. (SUNA)
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UNITAMS Continues Consultations with Sudanese Stakeholders to End Crisis

 Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes during a videoconference with several Sudanese party leaders on Friday, January 21, 2022. (SUNA)
Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes during a videoconference with several Sudanese party leaders on Friday, January 21, 2022. (SUNA)

United Nations-facilitated consultations on a political process for Sudan continued to engage Sudanese stakeholders for the second week in a row.

On January 8, the Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes, launched a political dialogue to reach a complete consensus between Sudanese parties to achieve full democratic transition under civilian leadership.

Consultations were held with representatives from the Women’s Agenda, the National Umma Party, the Sudan Liberation Army-Transitional Council (SLA-TC), the Democratic Unionist Party and the FFC Central Committee.

During the discussions, participants offered concrete suggestions on the way forward for transition and presented views regarding the scope and parameters of the consultations process, including means of enhancing international support.

They also tackled immediate priority issues, including ending the violence, and addressed the root causes of the current crisis.

UNITAMS affirmed that it will continue to hold talks with political parties, Darfur resistance committees and civil society groups, including women's groups, families of martyrs of recent protests, representatives of the Professional Associations and signatory groups to the Juba Peace Agreement. The military and security forces will also be included as part of the consultations.

“Further consultation will continue with representatives of the full range of Sudanese political and civil society spectrum in the upcoming weeks, it noted.



Israeli Fire Kills 12 People in Gaza, Medics Say

 A plume of smoke rises during an Israeli strike on Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on June 13, 2025. (AFP)
A plume of smoke rises during an Israeli strike on Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on June 13, 2025. (AFP)
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Israeli Fire Kills 12 People in Gaza, Medics Say

 A plume of smoke rises during an Israeli strike on Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on June 13, 2025. (AFP)
A plume of smoke rises during an Israeli strike on Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on June 13, 2025. (AFP)

Israeli fire and airstrikes killed at least 12 Palestinians on Sunday across the enclave, local health authorities said, at least five of them near two aid sites operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

Medics at Al-Awda Hospital in the central Gaza Strip said at least three people were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli fire as they tried to approach a GHF site near the Netzarim corridor. Two others were killed en route to another aid site in Rafah in the south.

An airstrike killed seven other people in Beit Lahia town north of the enclave, medics said. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.

The GHF began distributing food packages in Gaza at the end of May after Israel partially lifted a near three-month total blockade. Scores of Palestinians have been killed in near-daily mass shootings trying to reach the food.

The United Nations rejects the Israeli-backed new distribution system as inadequate, dangerous, and a violation of humanitarian impartiality principles.