Sudan’s Paramilitary RSF Declared A Three-Month Unilateral Humanitarian Truce In Its War Against The Army

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary militia fighting against the Sudanese Army in the country’s civil war, has declared a unilateral, three-month humanitarian truce.

Since 2023, Sudan has been in a brutal war due to a power struggle between the Sudanese military and RSF that has killed up to 150,000 people, including thousands of children.

Since the war began, more than 12 million people have had to flee their homes, and over half of the population — about 26 million people — are at risk of famine, according to the UN.

Both the RSF and the Sudanese army have been accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.

On Monday, Nov. 24, the head of the RSF, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo — also known as Hemedti — announced that the paramilitary group would immediately enter into a unilateral, three-month humanitarian truce.

The announcement came after the RSF came under heavy criticism for brutal attacks on civilians in late October when it took over El-Fasher city, the Sudanese Army’s last stronghold in the Darfur region in the west of the country.

Following the takeover, satellite images unveiled evidence of mass killings, with bloodstains and human bodies being visible from space.

In his statement, Dagalo said the RSF would cease hostilities in response to efforts by US president Donald Trump, the US, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Saudi Arabia — known as the Quad countries — the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

Dagalo said he hoped the Quad countries would "play their role" in convincing the Sudanese army to also accept the ceasefire.

A day earlier, on Sunday, Nov. 23, Sudan’s army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in his speech had rejected a ceasefire proposal put forward by the Quad countries, saying it is aimed at weakening the Sudanese army while allowing the RSF to maintain the territory it has seized.

It has yet to comment on RSF’s declaration of a unilateral ceasefire.

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