A man poses with Sudanese army soldiers in Salha, south of Omdurman, a day after recapturing it from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), on May 21, 2025. Ebrahim Hamid/ AFP via Getty Images
A top Sudanese military leader has dismissed a new cease-fire proposal backed by the United States and several Middle Eastern partners, alleging that the plan to halt the country’s civil war was biased.
Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, who commands the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), added that it failed to incorporate Khartoum’s earlier concerns, as the conflict enters its third year.
