Dagalo accuses the military chief of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, of the violence. The paramilitary leader says he is open to talks, provided that the ceasefire is no longer violated. “We don’t want to destroy Sudan. Once hostilities have ceased, then we can negotiate,” Dagalo told the British broadcaster. Al-Burhan has previously indicated that he is open to talks and has sent an envoy to the South Sudanese capital Juba for this purpose.
The RSF leader says he considers al-Burhan a traitor for assigning roles within the government to those loyal to former president Omar al-Bashir. “Unfortunately, al-Burhan is led by leaders of the radical Islamist front,” Dagalo said. Al-Bashir was ousted by senior officials in 2019 following a popular uprising against his decades-old regime.
The current conflict between the army and the RSF has everything to do with al-Bashir’s violent rule. The RSF was then formed from notorious militias in the Darfur region. Another coup followed in 2021. Army generals and paramilitary group still collaborated in that coup. However, Dagalo now sees that cooperation as a mistake, because it would have revived the remnants of al-Bashir’s regime.
Evacuate
Meanwhile, the United States has also begun evacuating civilians from Sudan, writes the New York Times. In recent days, the US government has been repeatedly asked why it is not doing more to evacuate US citizens from Sudan when other countries are doing it.