Overview
- An international roadmap for a three‑month humanitarian truce remains stuck after the Rapid Support Forces accepted it and the Sudanese Armed Forces rejected it, with deputy commander Yasser al‑Atta asserting the war will be decided militarily.
- The UN Human Rights Council directed its Sudan fact‑finding mission to urgently investigate violations in and around Al‑Fasher and to identify suspected perpetrators, warning of severe food insecurity affecting over 21.2 million people and possible famine pockets.
- The United Arab Emirates told the rights council there is no military solution, condemned attacks on civilians including those attributed to the RSF in Al‑Fasher and to both sides nationwide, urged unimpeded aid access, and pledged an additional $100 million for relief.
- UAE state prosecutors said they completed investigations into an attempted shipment of military materiel routed through the UAE to Port Sudan and will send suspects to trial, alleging the deals were requested by the SAF armaments committee led by Abdel Fattah al‑Burhan and deputy Yasser al‑Atta.
- U.S. messaging showed differing tones, with Secretary Marco Rubio blaming the RSF and urging cuts to its arms flows, while senior adviser Masad Pauls pressed the warring parties to immediately accept the proposed humanitarian cease-fire.