No nationwide ceasefire has held in Sudan since the war began on April 15, 2023. The Jeddah Declaration (May 2023), the ALPS Geneva talks (2024) and the Quad's…
Fighting broke out in Khartoum on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces over the unresolved integration of the RSF into the regu…
Mediated by the US and Saudi Arabia, both sides signed a civilian-protection framework on May 11, 2023, and a seven-day ceasefire followed on May 20 — both reported viol…
The US, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, the African Union and the UN convened talks from August 14-23, 2024. RSF joined in person; SAF only virtually. Humanit…
The UN publicly attributed specific aid-access restrictions in Darfur to SARHO, an RSF-affiliated body, including travel restrictions on organisations without a signed c…
The RSF-led Tasis coalition announced a 15-member presidential council headed by Hemedti, with Mohamed Hassan al-Taishi as prime minister, on July 26, 2025. The African…
The US, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt jointly proposed a three-month humanitarian truce, a permanent ceasefire and a nine-month transition to civilian government on Se…
After a siege of more than 500 days, Sudan's 6th Infantry Division withdrew and the RSF took full control of El Fasher on October 26, 2025. The UN and Amnesty Internatio…
Sudan's SAF-led government formally rejected the US-backed ceasefire roadmap before the UN Security Council on February 24, 2026, citing concerns it would leave RSF-held…
A UN fact-finding mission (Sept 3, 2026) found both SAF and RSF committed IHL violations via drone strikes, some amounting to war crimes, killing over 1,000 people in fi…
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