Al-Burhan pledges not to stop the fighting until the Rapid Support is eliminated. Since mid-April 2023, the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces have been fighting a war that has left more than 13,000 dead and more than 7 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations.
On Friday, the army announced the success of the first phase of the plan to eliminate the Rapid support Forces in the city of Omdurman, west of the capital, Khartoum, but these forces denied this, and said that the army had turned to “propaganda and is on the verge of defeat.