The Sudanese Army and the RSF break the ceasefire with new fighting Khartoum

The Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have staged clashes in the capital, Khartoum, hours after it entered into force a ceasefire agreement which was supposed to stand for seven days. The events are situated within the framework of the failure of similar initiatives since fighting broke out on April 15 between the two forces in the midst of talks to advance the transition process.

The head of the Sudanese Armed Forces and president of the Sovereign Transitional Council, Abdelfatá al Burhan, and the leader of the RSF, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, gave “in principle” their approval to establish a truce between May 4 and 11, this past Sunday, April 30, as announced by the Government of South Sudan.

For his part, the Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs has indicated that it will be difficult to achieve an end to the fighting, as both parties seem inclined to “move on”.

The Sudanese Armed Forces have said in a published statement that the RSF have attacked their positions in the capital. For its part, the RSF has criticized the irresponsible actions of the leaders of the coup forces in violating the humanitarian truce. “They have attacked our forces in several places,” they stressed.

Hostilities broke out on April 15 when the RSF was willing to integrate into the Armed Forces, a key part of an agreement signed in December to form a new civilian government and reactivate the transition open after the overthrow of Al Bashir, damaged by the coup d’état of October 2021.