WAR IN SUDAN: MUSEVENI CALLS FOR PEACE AT ENTEBBE HIGH-LEVEL TALKS

The President of Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called for urgent peace and stability in Sudan.

The President made the call during high level talks with H.E Malik Agar, Deputy Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council held at State House, Entebbe, Uganda. The talks revolved around peace and regional stability, with focus on security cooperation, political stability, and strengthening diplomatic and economic ties amongst regional states

The talks come on the heels of a United Nations Report on the war in Sudan that has chronicled evidence of mass killings, summary executions, torture, abductions and sexual violence against civilians, including the killing of an estimated 6,000 civilians when the RSF fighters siezed the western city of El-Fasher.

During the meeting, President Museveni emphasized that peace in Sudan is critical not only for the Sudanese people but as well, for the stability of the entire Horn of Africa and the East African region.

President Museveni has for a long time stood out as an arbiter in regional armed conflicts, often consistently calling for their peaceful resolution.

Sudan has faced instability since April 15, 2023, when war broke out in the region, resulting in humanitarian and regional security concerns.

Uganda, that hosts an estimated 100, 000 refugees from Sudan, continues to advocate for dialogue and peaceful resolution to the conflict.

When contacted, Uganda’s Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan, Dr. Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu, who was part of this diplomatic engagement, said: "I thank His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for his tireless efforts to stop the war in the Sudan and restore peace and stability and end the very long suffering of our brothers and sisters in Sudan."

I salute our President and also thank the leadership of the Republic of Sudan for their high cooperation and appreciation to the President's proposals to end the war."

Ambassador Ssemuddu added: "The very strong ties we enjoy at Ambassadorial and government levels with the leadership in Sudan have always made my job easy."

In the run up to the Entebbe engagement, on February 12, 2026, Ambassador Ssemuddu held a strategic meeting in Port Sudan with Sudan’s Permanent Secretary, Amb. Muawiyah Othman Khalid, to discuss the cooperation frameworks and preparations for the high-level engagements.

Later the same day, Ambassador Ssemuddu met with H.E Malik Agar, the Vice Chairman of the Transitional Council, Sudan's equivalent to the Vice President.

The following day, H.E. Malik Agar and Ambassador Ssemuddu traveled to Uganda for the official talks with President Museveni at State House Entebbe on February 13, 2026.

"I am extremely happy that The discussions between President Museveni and Vice President Malik Agar were very successful and fruitful, said Ambassdor Ssemuddu after seeing of H.E. Malik Agar at the VVIP Airport, Entebbe, February 14, 2026. He was in the company of Amb. Joseph Ocwet, the Director Genral of the External Security Organisation (ESO, H.E Amb. Ahmad Ibrahim Jarda, the Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to Uganda.

Muslim Channel News | Diplomatic Affairs Desk