Sudan's prime minister proposed Monday a comprehensive peace plan to end the nearly 1,000-day war with a rival paramilitary force, as the U.S. pressed both parties to accept the Trump administration’s call for an immediate humanitarian truce.
Kamil Idris, who heads Sudan's transitional civilian government, told the Security Council his plan calls for a cease-fire monitored by the United Nations, African Union and Arab League, and the withdrawal of paramilitary forces from all areas they occupy, their placement in supervised camps and their disarmament.
Sudan plunged into chaos in April 2023 when a power struggle between the military and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) exploded into open fighting, with widespread mass killings and rapes, and ethnically motivated violence. This has amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to the U.N. and international rights groups.
It seemed highly unlikely the RSF would support the prime minister's proposal, which would essentially give government forces a victory and take away their military power.
In an indirect reference to the truce supported by the U.S. and key mediators Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, known as the Quad, Idris stressed to the U.N. Security Council that the government's proposal is "homemade – not imposed on us."
