Rapid Support Forces (RSF) chief Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, has announced his acceptance of a three-month humanitarian truce, saying his forces will halt offensive operations and open corridors for aid across front lines in Sudan’s war.
In a recorded address, Dagalo – who also chairs the RSF-aligned civilian bloc, the Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS) – cast the decision as a response to international mediation efforts. He singled out the initiative led by U.S. President Donald Trump and a roadmap tabled by the so-called Quad group of states – the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt – which envisages an initial three-month humanitarian pause leading to a permanent ceasefire and a wider political transition.
SAF, commanded by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has rejected that plan. In comments released on Sunday, Burhan said the proposal failed to address the concerns of the military authorities in Port Sudan and accused mediators of seeking to “eliminate” the armed forces while preserving the RSF – language that underlined entrenched resistance within his camp to any deal seen as conferring legitimacy on his rival.
Dagalo said the RSF and its allies would suspend military operations for the duration of the truce “to protect civilians and improve humanitarian conditions,” promising to allow safe movement for aid workers and unobstructed delivery of assistance to all affected regions. He pledged to secure UN and NGO premises, warehouses and supply routes.
He also voiced support for a field-based monitoring mechanism to oversee the ceasefire, to be supervised by the Quad states in partnership with the African Union and the regional bloc IGAD, and tasked with tracking compliance and ensuring the safe flow of humanitarian relief.
Framing the pause as a first step toward ending the war and reaching a comprehensive political settlement, Dagalo said the RSF leadership was “fully committed” to holding to account any individual proven to have committed abuses against civilians, regardless of rank or affiliation.
He added that any future political process should be broad-based but exclude the Islamist movement and the former ruling National Congress Party and its front organisations, reiterating the RSF–TASIS camp’s opposition to a comeback for figures associated with the ousted Omar al-Bashir regime.