Armed Clashes in Sudan
On 15 April 2023, armed clashes between the Rapid Support Forces and the regular army in the Sudanese capital Khartoum were reported. Later, the fighting between the military forces spread to other Sudanese regions.

Sudanese Army Commander: No Reconciliation With Paramilitary RSF, War to Continue

© AP PhotoIn this image made from video provided Friday, April 21, 2023, by the Sudan Armed Forces, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, speaks at an undisclosed location.
In this image made from video provided Friday, April 21, 2023, by the Sudan Armed Forces, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, speaks at an undisclosed location. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 06.01.2024
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Fierce fighting has been raging in Sudan since April last year, leading to the deterioration of the humanitarian and health situation in the North African country. The conflict has resulted in a large number of civilian deaths and the displacement of millions of Sudanese inside and outside the country.
The commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, announced his rejection of an agreement signed between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and a coalition of Sudanese political groups, stressing that the army will continue the war that broke out last April.
"We have no peace with them [the RSF]. We have no agreement with them," al-Burhan said while addressing SAF forces, vowing to continue the war, as quoted by local news website Al-Rakoba.
This follows a meeting between the Coordination of Civilian Democratic Forces (known as Taqadum and led by former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok) and RSF leader Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa receives Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at the Mahlamba Ndlopfu official residence in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, January 4, 2024. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 05.01.2024
Armed Clashes in Sudan
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The meeting resulted in the signing of a joint statement, in which the Rapid Support Forces agreed to an immediate and unconditional cessation of hostilities as the basis for a peaceful solution to end the ongoing conflict between the SAF and the RSF.
Following the meeting with Hamdok, the RSF commander invited the army to sign the same declaration, noting that this document would lay the foundation for peace negotiations to end the deadly conflict that began nine months ago.
Al-Burhan's latest comments raised concerns about his planned face-to-face meeting with Dagalo in Djibouti later this month. The Burhan-Dagalo meeting, facilitated by the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), was originally scheduled to take place in late December, but has been postponed to an unspecified date in January 2024.
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