Africa: AU President Pledges Support for Sudanese Dialogue, Efforts to Persuade Parties to Participate

What the report says

Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye, who also serves as chairperson of the African Union, has expressed support for efforts to organize a Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue and said he would try to encourage Sudanese parties to take part. The update was relayed by Nabil Adeeb, who leads the delegation of Sudan’s Dialogue Preparatory Committee, after the group met Ndayishimiye at the Presidential Palace in Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital, on Tuesday, according to the Sudan News Agency report carried by AllAfrica.

Adeeb said the delegation asked Burundi to help with preparations for the dialogue and with logistics, and that the president agreed to support the committee’s work. He also indicated that Ndayishimiye was ready to engage with the Sudanese parties and press them to participate, with additional meetings expected in the near future.

The committee’s broader aim is to create conditions for a Sudan-led process that could help end the war and build consensus. The article says the initiative began on August 30, 2026, with 19 national figures, and that the African Union Commission welcomed it the following day while calling for wider consultations with civil, political and community actors. In that context, the Burundi visit appears to be part of a wider regional effort to back a locally owned political track for Sudan.