US EditionSudan's RSF paramilitary says it will enter into ceasefire
The RSF accepted a three-month humanitarian truce proposed by the US-led Quad despite the army's rejection; the conflict has killed tens of thousands and caused widespread famine.
- On Monday, the Rapid Support Forces announced it would immediately enter a three-month humanitarian truce, citing international efforts led by U.S. President Donald Trump and the Quad.
- The mediators' three-month plan prompted Sudan's army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, to reject it on Sunday, saying, "No one in Sudan will accept the presence of these rebels or for them to be part of any solution in the future."
- Having seized al-Fashir in late October, the Rapid Support Forces faced accusations of brutal attacks and warnings of crimes against humanity but soon attacked army territory with drone strikes despite accepting the mediators' plan.
- Sudan's civilians face a dire humanitarian crisis, with the war killing tens of thousands and warring parties violating ceasefires repeatedly over the past two years.
- Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy criticized Burhan as 'consistently obstructive' and said 'This must be called out,' while the UAE denied arming the RSF and both leaders face U.S. sanctions.
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On Monday, the leader of the Rapid Support Forces announced a three-month unilateral humanitarian truce.
The budget cuts of traditional donors – notably from the United States, the largest among them – have "deprived the population of vital humanitarian aid at the very time when it needed it most," says Oxfam in a statement.
In Sudan, the RSF militia announces a three-month ceasefire, but the army refuses to approve it. Amnesty International, however, accuses the militia of serious war crimes.
The paramilitaries Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (FAR) have since Monday decreed a unilateral truce of three months, a day after the army rejected an international ceasefire proposal. The African nation has suffered since April 2023 a war that confronts the regular army led by General Abdel Fatah al-Burhan, the de facto leader of the country, against the FAR of its former right wing Mohamed Daglo. The conflict, marked by allegations of atrocities…
After the intervention of the US, the paramilitary group agreed to a three-month ceasefire. The Sudanese military chief has already rejected the mediator's proposal.
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