The government of Sudan has appealed to the African Union to actively support the ongoing peace process between the government and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), a diplomatic source told IRIN.
"Most member countries are not following the process," Sudan's deputy ambassador to Kenya, Muhammad Ahmad Dirdeiry, told IRIN. "As well as financial support, we want moral, political and diplomatic support."
On Wednesday, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismael put forward a proposal at an AU meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, to form a committee aimed at following up on peace efforts in Sudan.
Dirdeiry noted that the Arab League had become "very much involved" in the peace process, and Sudan wanted "similar commitments" from the AU.
"We just want the AU to get more involved in supporting peace," he said.
On the sidelines of the AU meeting, the foreign ministers of IGAD members - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda - who met on 8 July, agreed on the need "to enhance the support of African countries to the IGAD led-peace process", but did not specify how.
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