What is the new peace initiative proposed by Sudan’s PM Kamil Idris?

What is the new peace initiative proposed by Sudan’s PM Kamil Idris? The RSF has rejected the plan proposed by Sudanese prime minister, which calls on the paramilitary group to withdraw. Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris on Monday presented a proposal before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), seeking to end the country’s nearly three-year war that has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with some 14 million people displaced. The North African nation descended into civil war in April 2023 after a power struggle broke out between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Sudan’s PM presents peace plan to UNSC as fighting rages list 2 of 4 People sheltering at Sudan displacement camp say they ’pray for peace’ list 3 of 4 Arab League welcomes Sudanese gov’t peace plan presented at UN list 4 of 4 Aid cuts push Sudan deeper into “acute hunger” The recent massacres in Sudan’s Darfur region have drawn global attention to the conflict, with rights groups calling on rival sides to engage in dialogue to end the bloodshed. What is Idris’s peace plan for Sudan? Idris, the prime minister of the transitional government, proposed an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, monitored by the UN, the African Union and the League of Arab States. He proposed a complete RSF troops withdrawal from the territory it controls. The RSF and its allies control roughly 40 percent of Sudan, analyst Jihad Mashamoun told Anadolu news agency in November. This includes most of the Darfur and Kordofan regions. In October, the RSF seized control of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, killing more than 1,500 people. It also controls key infrastructure such as the Heglig oilfield near the South Sudan border, seized on December 8. The remaining 60 percent, including the capital, Khartoum, is controlled by the SAF. It maintains control over eastern Sudan, including Port Sudan along the Red Sea, its de facto administrative capital, northern states, and parts of central Sudan. It also retains air power. On Monday, the Sudanese army said it had recaptured a town southwest of the city of al-Rahad in North Kordofan state. Idris, appointed by the army in May, proposed that the RSF members, after their withdrawal, would be placed in camps and vetted. He said the plan would reintegrate RSF fighters not accused of war crimes into society. He promised to hold free elections after a transitional period aimed at fostering “inter-Sudanese dialogue”. “This is not about winning a war,” he said, “but about ending a cycle of violence that has plagued Sudan for decades.” The UNSC has not voted on the proposal yet, and discussions are still under way. How did the RSF react to the peace plan? Al-Basha Tibiq, adviser to Hemedti, announced that the RSF has rejected Idris’s plan. In a statement posted on Facebook, Tibiq was quoted as saying the...

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