Sudan's paramilitary RSF agrees to humanitarian truce
El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has agreed to the humanitarian truce proposed by the Quad countries working to end the bloody war in the East African country – US, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt – “in response to the aspirations and interests of the Sudanese people”.
A statement posted on Thursday by Office of the Official Spokesperson of the RSF said the humanitarian truce is in order to address the “catastrophic humanitarian consequences of the war and to enhance the protection of civilians”.
This will be through the completion of the provisions of the humanitarian truce agreement to ensure the urgent delivery of such assistance to all Sudanese people.
“The Rapid Support Forces also looks forward to implementing the agreement and immediately commencing discussions on the arrangements for a cessation of hostilities and the fundamental principles guiding the political process in Sudan, in a manner that addresses the root causes of the conflicts, ends the suffering of the Sudanese people, and creates the appropriate environment for a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace through the full commitment of all parties involved.”
The RSF expressed its deep gratitude and appreciation for “the sincere and intensive efforts exerted by the Quad countries, led by the United States of America, to reach a humanitarian truce and to stop this devastating war ongoing in Sudan”.
The humanitarian catastrophe has worsened since the RSF captured El Fasher from the rival Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) after months of besieging the city.
The RSF faces accusations of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, including recent atrocities reported in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state.
UN agencies have been stepping up relief operations to help civilians fleeing the escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur state, where fighting has triggered widespread abuses and mass displacement, Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters in New York on Wednesday.
“We are deeply alarmed by mounting reports of grave violations against civilians,” Mr. Haq said, citing accounts of “executions, sexual violence, humiliation, extortion and attacks” following the capture of El Fasher last week.
According to the UN migration agency, IOM, nearly 82,000 people have fled El Fasher and surrounding areas since 26 October, many heading towards Tawila, which is already hosting hundreds of thousands displaced by previous fighting.
There is no reaction from the military leaders of SAF on the humanitarian truce.
Meanwhile, Sudan’s media outlet, Sudan Tribune, reported that Army chief, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, pledged on Thursday to “secure” the country’s borders and “eliminate” RSF.
He also renewed accusations that unnamed countries were supporting the paramilitary group in the war that broke out on 15 April, 2023, resulting in thousands of deaths, injuries and displacement of millions of civilians internally and abroad.
Sudan Tribune said Gen. al-Burhan, speaking in Omdurman to a mobile command operations centre, which included allied armed movement leaders, said the armed forces are “moving forward in defeating the enemy and securing the Sudanese state to its furthest borders”.
“This battle is the battle of the Sudanese people, and the people who fight will not be defeated or broken,” he said, stressing that the “onslaught supported by countries of oppression and arrogance” would soon be broken.
Al-Burhan pledged to avenge victims of RSF attacks in North and West Darfur, Al Jazirah state, and other areas, insisting they were “on the path to victory very soon”.
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