Sudan’s military agreed to a proposal from the United Nations for a weeklong ceasefire in El Fasher to facilitate U.N. aid efforts to the world, the military mentioned on Friday (June 27, 2025).
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres referred to as Sudanese military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and requested him for the humanitarian truce in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, to permit aid supply.
Gen. Burhan agreed to the proposal and careworn the significance of implementing related U.N. Security Council resolutions, however it’s unknown whether or not the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces would agree and adjust to the ceasefire.
“We are making contacts with both sides with that objective, and that was the fundamental reason for that phone contact. We have a dramatic situation in El Fasher,” Mr. Guterres informed reporters on Friday.
No additional particulars had been revealed concerning the specifics of the ceasefire, together with when it may go into impact.
Sudan plunged into battle in April 2023 when simmering tensions between the Sudanese Army and the rival RSF escalated into battles in the capital, Khartoum, and unfold throughout the nation, killing greater than 20,000 individuals.
The battle has additionally pushed greater than 14 million individuals from their properties and pushed components of the nation into famine. UNICEF mentioned earlier this 12 months that an estimated 61,800 kids have been internally displaced for the reason that battle started.
Mr. Guterres mentioned on Friday that a humanitarian truce is required for efficient aid distribution, and it should be agreed upon a number of days in advance to organize for a large-scale supply in the El Fasher space, which has seen repeated waves of violence just lately.
El-Fasher, greater than 800 kilometres (500 miles) southwest of Khartoum, is below the management of the military. The RSF has been attempting to seize El Fasher for a 12 months to solidify its management over the whole Darfur area. The paramilitary’s makes an attempt included launching repeated assaults on the town and two main famine-stricken displacement camps on its outskirts.
