RSF announce 72-hour truce in Sudan to mark end of Ramadan

The Sudanese Army makes no mention of the truce and speaks of "advancing in defeating the rebels"

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan have announced their adherence to a 72-hour ceasefire, starting at 06:00 this Friday (local time), following requests from various international organizations to agree to a ceasefire to coincide with with Eid al Fitr, a date that marks the end of the month of Ramadan.

According to a statement published through their social networks, they have agreed to "a humanitarian truce" of the conflict "based on international, regional and local understandings", with the aim of "opening humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens and give them the opportunity to greet their relatives" on the occasion of this Muslim religious festival.

"We affirm our commitment, during the period of the declared armistice, to a complete ceasefire, and we warn against the continued transgressions of the other party by not adhering to the declared armistice," they added, referring to the previously agreed 24-hour truce. which was never implemented, which led to an exchange of accusations regarding responsibility for what happened.

For his part, the head of the Sudanese Army, Abdelfatá al Burhan, addressed the citizens shortly after through a video - the first question addressed directly to the Sudanese and not to the RSF - in which he congratulated the holiday to the Muslims and without mentioning the truce announced by the RSF.

"The hope remains constant that we, together with our great people, will overcome this ordeal and come out of it more united, strong and cohesive. Our call grows stronger: an Army, a people, and an Armed Forces that advance in the defeat of the rebels", has sentenced Al Burhan.

The Sudan Medical Committee has reported that on the night from Thursday to Friday there have been bombardments in several areas of Khartoum, where they have also documented clashes between the Army Forces and the RSF, hours before the latter announced the truce.

The UN, the Arab League and the African Union, as well as countries like the United States and Kenya, had openly called for a truce commemorating the last day of Ramadan, to achieve a general ceasefire that could lay the foundations for the end of the conflict that shakes Sudan since Saturday.