By The Arusha News Reporter
A regional NGO of seasoned lawyers and Judges has expressed serious concern about the ongoing conflict in Sudan, as it has called on all stakeholders to work together towards a sustainable and inclusive peace in the country.
In a press release dated May 11, 2025, Patrol-Africa, said the situation in Sudan was dire as thousands of people had been uprooted from their homes and forced to flee to neighbouring countries, whilst the very idea of the Sudanese state risked fragmentation and breakup.
“It is imperative that all parties involved in this brutal and yet senseless conflict, prioritise the well-being of the Sudanese people and work towards a united, peaceful and prosperous country, capable to promote genuine reconciliation among its diverse people and groups,” said the Patrol-Africa President Justice Ben Kioko, formerly a Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Since the civil war broke out in Sudan on April 15, 2023, during the Holy Month of Ramadhan, thousands of people have been killed, leaving 13 million people internally displaced and million others as refugees in neighbouring countries, including in South Sudan and Ethiopia.
Chairperson of the UN Fact-Finding Mission in Sudan (UN-FFM), Justice Mohamed Othman Chande of Tanzania, has implored for global intervention to stop the human catastrophe in the ongoing conflict in Sudan.
“Over 18,800 lives have been lost and millions displaced,” Justice Chande, a former Chief Justice revealed to the The Arusha News in an exclusive interview which was published late last year.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), over 25 million people – about half of Sudan’s population need humanitarian assistance, with 8.5 million of them at emergency levels.
The Pan-African Alliance for Transparency and Rule of Law (PATROL-AFRICA), is a non-profit organisation that works to foster transparency and the respect for the rule of law, good and sustainable governance and human rights and the use of justice as a tool for development in African countries.
It was founded by Adama Dieng, formerly of Registrar of the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and a former UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide.
