Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Sunday that the country will not know peace until the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are defeated, rejecting any political settlement that includes the group as fighting grinds on into its third year.
Speaking at his residence in Port Sudan, Burhan said proposals that keep the RSF in Sudan’s political or security landscape merely delay the crisis rather than resolve it.
“There will be no peace until the RSF is eliminated,” Burhan told journalists. “This does not mean everyone must die. It can also mean laying down arms and surrendering. But any solution that includes the RSF only postpones the war.”
The Sudanese army, led by Burhan, has been locked in a brutal power struggle with the RSF since April 2023, a conflict that has devastated cities, displaced millions and triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Burhan said the war has spared no Sudanese household, citing widespread civilian casualties and massive infrastructure damage. He insisted public opinion remains firmly aligned with the army against the RSF.
