Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohi al-Din Salem has said the government is ready to engage in "sincere initiatives" aimed at ending the war that has continued since April 2023.
"The government is open and ready to engage in sincere initiatives aimed at ending this proxy war," Salem said on Friday during a UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva on the situation in El Obeid, North Kordofan state.
He said such initiatives must align with the roadmap submitted by Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al Burhan to the UN on March 10, 2025, and the initiative presented by Prime Minister Kamil Idris to the UN Security Council on September 22, 2025.
Salem said Sudan's roadmap calls for dismantling the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), disarming its fighters, implementing security arrangements, declaring a ceasefire, and launching a nationally led political process while welcoming international support.
He also renewed Sudan's call to designate the RSF as a "terrorist group," urging countries backing the militia to stop supplying it with advanced weapons and drones targeting civilian areas.
For about two weeks, El Obeid has come under drone attacks by the RSF targeting the main power station, fuel facilities, and other civilian sites, killing and injuring dozens of people.
The UN, regional and international organisations, and countries, including the US, have warned of possible atrocities amid reports of RSF buildup around El Obeid.
On May 12, the UN warned of escalating drone attacks in the Kordofan region, saying the strikes killed at least 880 civilians between January and April 2026.
Sudan's North, West and South Kordofan states have witnessed fierce fighting between the army and the RSF since Oct. 25.
Sudan entered its fourth year of war in April.
The war pits the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al Burhan, against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), commanded by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, known as Hemedti.
The SAF is the country’s regular military and has long been the dominant arm of the state.
The RSF, by contrast, grew out of militant groups known as the Janjaweed, infamous for their role in atrocities during the Darfur war of the 2000s.
Witnesses and aid groups have reported mass killings, starvation, and systematic attacks on civilians by RSF.
