Sudan's military rules out talks with rival paramilitary RSF amid efforts by Türkiye, UN, and Arab nations to get both sides to agree to three-day Eid al Fitr truce
Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al Burhan says there was"no room" for negotiations with his rival paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo as fighting rages and death toll tops 330.
Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al Burhan received separate phone calls on Thursday from Turkish President Erdogan, Saudi and Qatari foreign ministers, Egyptian intelligence chief and the US, an army statement reported, calling for a temporary ceasefire. More than 300 people have been killed since the fighting erupted Saturday between forces loyal to Sudan's army chief and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary RSF.
After two ceasefires failed to take hold in two days, gunfire continued into Thursday night, with columns of black smoke rising from buildings around Khartoum International Airport and the army headquarters. The World Food Programme [WFP] warned that the violence could plunge millions more into hunger in a country where 15 million people — one-third of the population — already face food insecurity.Burhan and Daglo's bitter dispute centred around the planned integration of the RSF into the regular army, a key condition for a final deal aimed at restoring Sudan's democratic transition.
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