CAIRO: The head of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces said late on Monday that his paramilitaries would immediately enter into a three-month humanitarian truce, after US President Donald Trump said last week that he would intervene to seek an end to a war that has plunged the country into famine. The United States, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Saudi Arabia — known as the Quad — earlier this month proposed a plan for a three-month truce followed by peace talks. The RSF responded by saying it had accepted the plan, but soon after attacked army territory with a barrage of drone strikes.

Sudan's Army chief dismisses the Quad's truce proposal as biased and unacceptable, criticizing the UAE's involvement in the conflict.

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan says UAE cannot be involved as it backs the RSF, signalling that fighting is to continue for now.