Youth Parliament – Sudan warns against the collapse of the Berlin track and the weaponization of war in politics, and denounces the Arab League’s welcoming of “Al-Burhan’s dialogue”
Youth Parliament – Sudan warns against the collapse of the Berlin track and the weaponization of war in politics, and denounces the Arab League’s welcoming of “Al-Burhan’s dialogue”
Statement
We are following with grave concern and national responsibility the accelerating developments and the political and regional positions concerning the crisis, foremost among which is the statement issued by the Arab League welcoming “Al-Burhan’s dialogue,” alongside a similar welcome from the African Union Commission.
While we appreciate the importance of the regional role in supporting the end of the war and preserving the unity of Sudan, we believe that any political initiative concerning the future of the country must be based on inclusivity, Sudanese ownership, and civilian leadership, and must not turn into a political cover for unilateral tracks or arrangements that institutionalize the reality of division.
We reject any support or blessing for unilateral tracks issued by de facto authorities, or built on selective arrangements for parties to the political process, due to what they may lead to in terms of entrenching institutional and political division, deepening parallel authorities, and conferring legitimacy on a reality imposed by war.
We believe that the priority must be to end the war and restore the unity of the state and its institutions, rather than entrenching the results of the conflict on the ground, or transforming the de facto division into permanent political arrangements.
We warn that the national dialogue could turn into a tool for reproducing the conflict if it is designed or its outputs are controlled by the parties to the war, or in accordance with arrangements that exclude broad segments of society.
A dialogue that does not broaden the circle of participation, does not guarantee the independence of the political process from the logic of war, and does not put ending the fighting and protecting civilians at the forefront of its priorities will not be capable of producing sustainable peace, but will instead turn into a means to rearrange the balance of power and manage the conflict politically.
We call upon the Arab League and all regional and international parties to avoid creating parallel tracks or supporting initiatives that would weaken collective efforts aimed at ending the war.
We emphasize the importance of maintaining the integration of relevant international and regional efforts and outcomes, to ensure that the political process has interconnected objectives, foremost among which are stopping the war, protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian aid, and paving the way for a democratic civilian transition.
The multiplicity of initiatives must serve an integrated political framework that serves a single goal: ending the war and building peace, and it must not turn into a multiplicity of centers of legitimacy or into a competition between mediators and tracks.
We direct an urgent appeal to civil, political, youth, unionist, and societal forces to work on restoring the political initiative, and developing a broad civil front capable of expressing the aspirations of Sudanese for peace and a democratic civil state.
We warn that the continuation of division and fragmentation within civilian forces opens the door for the parties to the war to monopolize determining the country’s future, after they have largely monopolized managing its present, while the people paid the price of the war in displacement, refuge, loss of life, and widespread destruction of state and societal institutions.
Unifying civil efforts is a necessity to protect the right of Sudanese to determine their future, and to prevent the confiscation of this right by any armed party or de facto authority.
We remind that any viable and sustainable political process must be based on genuine Sudanese ownership, and must ensure broad and meaningful participation of civil, societal, youth, women’s, and unionist forces, alongside grassroots networks and initiatives that have remained on the front lines of responding to the war and protecting local communities.
Sustainable peace cannot be built through political understandings isolated from society, or arrangements that do not reflect the interests and aspirations of Sudanese, nor can national participation be restricted to specific groups and the parties to the conflict alone.
We affirm that ending the war, preserving the country’s unity, protecting civilians, restoring the state, and opening the path toward a democratic civil transition are interconnected issues that cannot be separated from one another.
The Parliament will work to communicate with national and civilian forces and regional and international partners to push towards a more inclusive and effective political path that puts an end to fighting, prevents the entrenchment of division, and restores to the Sudanese their inherent right to determine the future of their country and build a state of citizenship, justice, and peace.
Alfatih Alnour | Official Spokesperson, Youth Parliament – Sudan, September 3, 2026