Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) say they are prepared to enter a three-month humanitarian truce aimed at easing the country’s deepening crisis, followed by direct peace talks with the Sudanese Army. In a video address late Monday, RSF commander Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo reaffirmed the group’s readiness for an immediate pause in fighting. He urged international mediators to pressure the Sudanese military into accepting the proposal, saying civilians could not endure further months of violence.
The initiative comes as the mediation bloc known as the Quad — the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates — continues efforts to end the nearly two-year conflict and revive Sudan’s stalled democratic transition, which derailed after the 2021 military coup. But hopes for a breakthrough dimmed when Sudan’s army chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, rejected the ceasefire plan, accusing the mediators of bias. He argued that the proposal weakened the national army while giving the RSF “unfair concessions.” Sudan’s war erupted in April 2023 after a power struggle between Burhan’s military and the RSF escalated into an all-out conflict. More than 40,000 people have been killed — a number rights groups say is likely far higher — while over 14 million people have been displaced, making it one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
