Civil War In Sudan. General Al-Burhan Ready To Negotiate With Rebels

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of the Sudanese army, announced the possibility of opening a dialogue with the rebel forces. The conflict in Sudan began in April last year, where the warring parties are, on the one hand, the regular Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) led by General al-Burhan, and on the other, the paramilitary formations of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. Both took part in the coup d’état in October 2021.
In an interview with the British BBC radio, al-Burhan said that he was ready to negotiate if his opponent fulfilled his obligations to protect civilians: “We are ready to begin negotiations, if the leadership of these rebel forces shows a desire to come to reason, withdraw their troops from residential areas, and return to the barracks, then we will sit down at the negotiating table with some of them…”
Unfortunately, the words of the Sudanese leader are perceived by many as spoken under circumstantial pressure. He himself, just a few hours earlier, speaking at the UN (where he is seeking recognition of the legitimacy of his government), called for the inclusion of the Rapid Support Forces in the list of terrorist organizations, accusing his opponents of “murder, arson, rape, robbery, torture, arms and drugs trafficking, the use of child soldiers…,” according to world media reports. Documents from the UN and some non-governmental organizations state that Al-Burhan was allegedly the organizer of indiscriminate aerial bombing of densely populated areas.

Since last April, there has been a brutal civil war between the two groups, which, according to the UN, has already claimed the lives of 5,000 people and forced 5 million Sudanese to flee their homes.