Sudan’s PM presents peace plan to UNSC as fighting rages

Sudan’s PM Kamil Idris presents peace plan to UNSC to end war The new proposal would see RSF forces give up territory and weapons to bring an end to the more than two years of war. Sudan unveils peace plan to end devastating war with RSF that's displaced millions Sudan’s prime minister has presented a plan to end the country’s nearly three-year war before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), calling on members to stand “on the right side of history” by backing the initiative, as fighting continued in Kordofan and North Kordofan states. Addressing the UNSC on Monday, Kamil Idris outlined the proposal that includes a ceasefire monitored by the UN, African Union and Arab League, and the withdrawal of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary from territory it controls. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Sudanese bloc declares Nairobi roadmap, but is it a civilian breakthrough? list 2 of 4 Sudan’s Darfur grapples with severe measles outbreak amid ongoing violence list 3 of 4 Displacement camp running out of supplies for people fleeing Sudan’s war list 4 of 4 ‘We have nothing’: Endless pain for displaced civilians fleeing Sudan war The plan would also see RSF forces, who have been engaged in fierce clashes with the Sudanese army since April 2023, being placed in camps and disarmed - a measure, Idris said, would be necessary for the truce to have any “chance for success”. Idris, who was appointed by the army in May, also pledged to organise free elections following a transition period to allow for “inter-Sudanese dialogue”, and said the plan would also see RSF fighters not implicated in war crimes reintegrated into society. “It is not about winning a war,” he said. “It is about ending a cycle of violence that has failed Sudan for decades.” He appealed to the council’s 15 members to back the proposal, saying it could “mark the moment when Sudan steps back from the edge and the international community - you, you! - stood on the right side of history”. There was no immediate comment by the RSF, but it appeared highly unlikely the paramilitary group would support the proposal. Idris’s address at the UNSC came as fighting continues in Sudan, with the Sudanese army on Monday saying it had recaptured a town southwest of the city of al-Rahad in North Kordofan State. In October, the RSF captured the city of el-Fasher in the western Darfur region, killing more than 1,500 people. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, and some 14 million displaced, by the war that erupted over a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the RSF head Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo. Quad backs truce proposal But US Ambassador Jeffrey Bartos presented a different proposal at the UNSC that focused on addressing Sudan’s humanitarian crisis. He urged the Sudanese army and the RSF to accept an alternative plan for a humanitarian truce, pushed by the US and...

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