Sudan pushes fresh plan to end war

Prime Minister Kamil Idris has urged UN Security Council support for a roadmap aimed at restoring order and ending the prolonged conflict

Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris on Monday presented a new peace initiative to the UN Security Council to end the country’s civil war. The brutal conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been raging since April 2023.

The proposal was unveiled during an open Security Council session convened at the request of Sudan’s civilian government.

Idris said the plan envisages a phased process, beginning with an internationally monitored ceasefire. This would be followed by the withdrawal of RSF fighters from urban areas to designated camps under the supervision of the UN, the African Union, and the Arab League.

“The Sudanese civilian government’s initiative to end the conflict begins with a ceasefire, disarmament, non-selective justice, and non-formal reconciliation,” the Sudanese official stated. 

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He added the plan also involves the disarmament of the RSF, alongside transitional justice measures including war crimes prosecutions, a review of conflict-related legal cases, and the possible integration of some RSF members into national security forces. Humanitarian access would be restored, and displaced civilians would be allowed to return to their homes.

The proposal builds on a roadmap submitted to the UN in March 2025, which similarly called for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of RSF forces from cities and a three-month window for humanitarian access, and the return of displaced civilians. 

In September, the ‘Quartet’ of the US, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt unveiled a proposal outlining a three-month humanitarian pause in Sudan, followed by a ceasefire, and a nine-month transition toward civilian rule. However, Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, last month rejected the US-backed proposal, calling it the “worst” initiative so far.

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