Global leaders and peace advocates speak during the Nairobi conference on Sudan’s crisis at Kempinski Hotel, calling for urgent action to end the war and restore hope for millions of suffering civilians.
By Peace Muthoka.
Nairobi, September 11, 2025– At the Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi, leaders, peace advocates, and humanitarian voices gathered today with one message: the war in Sudan must end now.
The conference, hosted by the Kofi Annan Foundation, Ambassade Amina Live and other organizations painted a heartbreaking picture of a nation torn apart. Millions of families have been uprooted, children are starving, and entire communities have been reduced to rubble. Speakers stressed that for ordinary Sudanese, life has become a daily fight for survival.
“No mother should have to choose between feeding her children and fleeing gunfire,” one panelist said, echoing the urgent need for peace.
The participants warned that the cycle of violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has trapped civilians in endless suffering. They declared that no military victory will bring stability, only dialogue and compromise can.
The panel called on IGAD, the African Union, and the United Nations to press both sides into an immediate ceasefire, open humanitarian corridors, and support a civilian-led transitional government. Without this, they warned, the conflict could destabilize fragile neighbors and unleash even greater humanitarian disasters.
Reports from the ground detail atrocities—mass killings, sexual violence, and even the use of banned weapons. With famine looming, refugee camps in neighboring countries are overflowing, and services in host communities are stretched to breaking point.
Despite repeated failed talks in Jeddah, Geneva, London, and Manama, the panel welcomed the latest U.S. initiative to push for negotiations, calling it a much-needed step forward. But they cautioned that time is running out.
“Silence and inaction are complicity,” the panel stated. “The world must not look away while Sudan burns. The guns must be silenced, and the people given back their future.”
For now, the cries of displaced families, hungry children, and grieving survivors hang heavy over Sudan. In Nairobi, the message was clear: peace is no longer a dream it is a desperate necessity.
