Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), head of the Presidential Council of Sudan’s Founding Alliance (TASIS) and commander of the Rapid Support Forces, is in Uganda on an official visit focused on reviving political efforts to end Sudan’s nearly three-year war.
The visit includes high-level talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe, where both sides reaffirmed their support for a negotiated settlement and rejected the idea of a military solution to the conflict.
Sudan’s Foreign Minister and Minister of International Cooperation in the Ta’sis government, Ammar Amoon, said there is “no military solution to the Sudanese crisis,” stressing that dialogue remains the only viable path toward a just and lasting peace.
“We are seeking serious dialogue that leads to a permanent and fair peace,” Amoon told Sky News Arabia, adding that the Founding Alliance has “never refused to return to the negotiating table.”
According to a statement issued by TASIS, Dagalo briefed Museveni on political, security, and humanitarian developments across Sudan, as well as ongoing efforts to halt the war and address the country’s deepening humanitarian crisis.
In a post on X following the meeting, Museveni said Dagalo had updated him on the situation in Sudan and reiterated Uganda’s long-standing position. “As always, I emphasized that dialogue and a peaceful political solution are the only sustainable paths to stability in Sudan and the region,” Museveni wrote.
Dagalo’s visit comes amid renewed regional and continental pressure for a political settlement. An African Union summit held in Addis Ababa earlier urged Sudan’s warring parties to pursue a negotiated solution to end the conflict, which has continued since April 2023.
The African Union has appointed Museveni to lead a high-level committee tasked with facilitating direct talks between Dagalo and SAF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Despite intensified mediation efforts, prospects for a ceasefire remain uncertain. Burhan has repeatedly rejected proposed humanitarian truces backed by the United States and international mediators, insisting that any pause in fighting must be preceded by the withdrawal of RSF forces from cities and military sites under their control.
On Friday, U.S. presidential adviser for Arab and African affairs Massad Boulos called on both sides to accept an immediate humanitarian truce without preconditions, saying a ceasefire is essential to allow life-saving aid to reach civilians and to create space for dialogue.
For Ta’sis, Dagalo’s Uganda visit is being framed as part of a broader regional push to re-center the Sudan file around political negotiations, as fighting continues and humanitarian conditions deteriorate across the country.