Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Tuesday ruled out negotiations with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), saying the military would continue its campaign to regain territory held by the paramilitary group.
Burhan, who heads Sudan’s Sovereign Council, made the remarks during a visit to the Amri area in Northern State, where he attended a ceremony marking the opening of a secondary school.
He attended the opening of Al-Karama Secondary School in Village 5 in the New Amri area of Merowe Locality.
“The armed forces will continue with the option of military victory until the entire national territory is cleared of the rebellion,” Burhan said.
He praised residents of Amri for their support for the army during the ongoing war and pledged government assistance to address the area’s basic services and development needs.
Sudan’s army has been fighting the RSF since April 2023 in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced millions and triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. The two sides have repeatedly failed to reach a lasting ceasefire despite international mediation efforts.
Burhan’s remarks came days after U.S. senior adviser Massad Boulos met him in Egypt as Washington and other mediators sought to revive efforts to end the conflict. The United States has proposed a 90-day humanitarian ceasefire followed by negotiations, but the army has sought changes to the plan, including a full RSF withdrawal from cities it controls.
Northern State Governor Abdelrahman Abdelhamid said the state government would work to address longstanding problems in Amri, including agricultural and public-service needs.
During the visit, the governor inaugurated drinking-water wells in Villages 4 and 5 and inspected the Amri agricultural project, as well as an orthopaedic surgery unit and dialysis centre at Amri Hospital.
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