Overview
- RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo announced a unilateral three‑month humanitarian ceasefire, citing international efforts led by U.S. President Donald Trump.
- Army chief Abdel Fattah al‑Burhan dismissed the U.S.-Saudi-Egypt-UAE proposal as the “worst” document and accused the process of bias linked to the Emirati role.
- The mediator plan envisioned a three‑month pause followed by a nine‑month political track, which the RSF had signaled it would accept despite reported subsequent drone attacks.
- Burhan conditioned any ceasefire on RSF withdrawal from cities seized since May 2023 and vowed to retake areas in Darfur and Kordofan.
- UN and rights groups report a deepening crisis with at least 40,000 dead and about 12 million displaced, and Amnesty documenting executions and mass rape after the RSF’s capture of Al‑Fashir, while the UAE denies widely reported claims it armed the RSF.