On Sunday, a spokesperson for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) declared that the paramilitary group would seek a military solution to the ongoing conflict rather than engage in further negotiations with the Sudanese army.
This announcement followed the army’s incursion into the Kadaru and Halfaya districts, located north of Khartoum Bahri, on Wednesday.
Reports also indicated intense fighting in central Khartoum’s Al-Muqrin neighborhood.In a video statement, Mohamed Al-Mukhtar Al-Nur, spokesperson for the RSF negotiation team, said, “We sought peace, but since they have chosen war, we are prepared.
There will be no negotiations after today; we will meet them on the battlefield.”Al-Nur further vowed that the RSF would pursue the army “even to Port Sudan,” accusing the military of initiating an unrelenting war.
The Sudanese army has demanded that the RSF disarm, regroup in designated areas, and withdraw from territories they currently control before any talks can resume.
The army also claims that the RSF violated the terms of the Jeddah Declaration, signed on May 11, 2023.On August 15, the Sudanese army rejected a U.S. request to participate in peace talks with the RSF in Switzerland, co-hosted by Saudi Arabia.
Al-Nur dismissed the army’s and its allies’ mobilization efforts as “failed attempts” and urged RSF fighters to take decisive action.“The drums of war have been beaten. We are skilled at confronting the army,” Al-Nur declared.
The Sudanese army, in alliance with the Sudan Liberation Movement (led by Minni Arko Minawi) and the Justice and Equality Movement (led by Gibril Ibrahim), is currently engaged in fighting across several regions, including El Fasher in North Darfur State, Al Qadarif State in the east, Omdurman, and the River Nile State in the north.