{"id":11625,"date":"2025-07-02T23:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T03:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/?p=11625"},"modified":"2025-07-03T01:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T05:02:15","slug":"former-minister-of-fa-of-tunisia-former-special-rep-of-the-secretary-general-for-mali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/?p=11625","title":{"rendered":"Former Minister of FA of Tunisia &#038; Former Special Rep. of the Secretary-General for Mali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia and Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>By Mongi Hamdi<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The tragic civil war in Sudan has entered its third year with devastating consequences, yet it remains largely ignored by the international community. More than 150,000 lives have been lost, over 13 million people <u>are<\/u> displaced, and upwards of 30 million are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. The economy lies in ruins, and famine looms over millions, especially those living in refugee camps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This brutal conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has unleashed a wave of atrocities, including war crimes, massacres, mass sexual violence, and the use of chemical weapons\u2014as recently reported by the United States, which has since imposed sanctions on the Sudanese Armed Forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What is most alarming is the absence of sustained international engagement. Several peace initiatives\u2014held in Jeddah, Geneva, London, and Manama\u2014have failed due to a lack of commitment from the warring parties, particularly the Sudanese Armed Forces, which have consistently withdrawn from negotiations and refused to present a political solution. The army\u2019s continued rejection of civilian governance and its resistance to a democratic transition have only deepened the crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This war cannot be allowed to persist. Neither side can achieve a decisive military victory, and the longer it continues, the greater the suffering and risk of regional destabilization. Sudan borders fragile states that could be drawn into the conflict, leading to a broader humanitarian and security catastrophe across the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The international community must act decisively. The United Nations, African Union, and European Union, and in particular the United States should take urgent, coordinated measures to pressure both sides into an immediate ceasefire and force a return to negotiations. Without such intervention, Sudan\u2019s crisis will only worsen\u2014and the world will bear the shame of its indifference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Now is the time to silence the guns and give peace a chance<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11626 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/id-Mongi-Hamdi-2025-07-02-bd-16.42-N-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/id-Mongi-Hamdi-2025-07-02-bd-16.42-N-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/id-Mongi-Hamdi-2025-07-02-bd-16.42-N-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/id-Mongi-Hamdi-2025-07-02-bd-16.42-N.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/borrow.bklynlibrary.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb11140309__Shaiti-observateur__Orightresult__X6;jsessionid=E6C3A1CDFDAB23856076ED5DC17C954D?lang=eng&amp;suite=def\"><strong>Ha\u00efti-Observateur<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/tm9qt7lg9g.search.serialssolutions.com\/ejp\/?libHash=TM9QT7LG9G#\/search\/?searchControl=title&amp;searchType=title_code&amp;criteria=HA23OBS&amp;language=en-US&amp;titleType=ALL\"><strong>ISSN: 1043-3783<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia and Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali By Mongi Hamdi The tragic civil war in Sudan has entered its third year with devastating consequences, yet it remains largely ignored by the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16,35],"tags":[5055,5056,5054,5052,5051,4642,5053,5039,3237],"class_list":["post-11625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afrique-2","category-diplomatie","category-monde","tag-civil","tag-conflicts","tag-guns","tag-hamdi","tag-mongi","tag-silence","tag-sudan","tag-un","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11625"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11629,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11625\/revisions\/11629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}