Sudan, 7 November 2025 - Sudan’s paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has said it agrees to a humanitarian truce proposed by a US-led mediation group, raising new hopes for an end to more than two years of deadly conflict. In a statement on Thursday, the RSF confirmed it had accepted the plan designed to allow life- saving aid to reach millions trapped in areas cut off by fighting. The proposal was developed by the US and its partners in the “Quad” group, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
The RSF said it was ready to take part in talks to arrange a full ceasefire and begin discussions on a political process to address “the root causes of the conflict” and end the suffering of ordinary Sudanese people.
The announcement comes just days after RSF fighters captured El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, following an 18-month siege that blocked food, medicine, and humanitarian aid from entering the city. A UN-backed hunger monitor has already declared famine conditions in the area, where thousands of families are reported to be starving.
According to the United Nations more than 70,000 people fled El-Fasher in just one week after the RSF’s takeover, amid reports of airstrikes, looting, and violence. The war, which began in April 2023 between the RSF and Sudan’s army, has killed at least 40,000 people, displaced 12 million, and left more than 24 million facing extreme food shortages.
While the RSF has accepted the US proposal, Sudan’s military has not yet given its response. A senior army official told the Associated Press that the army would only join the truce if RSF fighters pull out of civilian areas and surrender heavy weapons, as demanded in earlier peace efforts.
Massad Boulos, the US adviser for African affairs, said Washington had been working for days with both sides to finalise the truce. The plan includes a three-month humanitarian pause to deliver aid, followed by a nine-month political process to push for peace and national dialogue.
