Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (U.N.), is in Kenya on a two-day official visit.
On Wednesday morning, Guterres was greeted by Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
According to C.S. Mutua, the U.N. Secretary-General's visit will be focused on Sudan's security situation. He will meet with President William Ruto and all heads of U.N. agencies convening in Nairobi this week.
Early this morning at the JKIA, I received @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres, who is in the country for a two-day official visit.
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— Dr. Alfred N. Mutua (@DrAlfredMutua) May 3, 2023
The Secretary General will hold talks with H.E President @WilliamsRuto . Top of his agenda is the security and humanitarian situation in Sudan… pic.twitter.com/DEvJEnzB25
Sudan's warring generals agreed to a seven-day ceasefire on Tuesday after regional envoys condemned repeated violations of past truces.
The administration of neighbouring South Sudan said diplomatic attempts to resolve the war ravaging Africa's third-largest country for more than two weeks have increased.
According to the U.N., more than 430,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes since the conflict erupted on April 15, with hundreds killed and thousands injured. The report also indicates that over 800000 people are expected to flee if the war continues.
Sudan's army head, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his deputy turned adversary, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), "have agreed in principle for a seven-day truce from May 4 to 11th," claimed the South Sudanese foreign ministry in Juba.
