‘No negotiation, no truce’ with RSF, says senior Sudan official

Comments come days after PM Kamil Idris presented a plan to end the country’s nearly three-year war.Published On 25 Dec 2025A senior official in Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) has ruled out any negotiations with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as fighting continues to devastate the country.“There is no truce and no negotiation with an occupier, and that the just peace that Sudan desires will be achieved through the roadmap and vision of its people and government,” Malik Agar Ayyir, deputy chairman of TSC, said in a statement on Thursday posted by the Ministry of Culture, Media and Tourism.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Turkiye, Libya intensify probe into deadly plane crash near Ankaralist 2 of 3Palestine Action: Prison hunger strikes that shaped historylist 3 of 3Rescue helicopter crashes, killing five on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaroend of listSpeaking to ministers and state officials in Port Sudan, the eastern city where the government is based, he dismissed the narrative that the war is aimed at achieving “democracy”. Instead, he described the war as a “conflict over resources and a desire to change Sudan’s demographics” and emphasised an opportunity to strengthen national unity.This comes days after Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris presented a plan to end the country’s nearly three-year war before the United Nations Security Council.Consistent with the Sudanese army and the government’s position, the plan stipulates that RSF fighters must withdraw from vast areas of land that they have taken by force in the western and central parts of Sudan.They would then have to be placed in camps and disarmed, before those who are not implicated in war crimes can be reintegrated into society.The RSF has repeatedly rejected the idea of giving up territory, with Al-Basha Tibiq, a top adviser to commander Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, describing it as “closer to fantasy than to politics”.RSF reports gainsThe war, which has forcibly displaced about 14 million people, shows no signs of stopping as the RSF consolidates its hold over captured territory and expands attacks.