The President of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, informed Kenyan President William Ruto of Sudan's refusal to deploy any African forces without his consent, while the rapid support welcomed the statements of Sovereignty Council member Shams al-Din Kabbashi on openness to a solution to the Sudanese crisis that preserves the country's sovereignty.

A statement by the Sudanese Sovereignty Council said that the President of the Council Burhan received a phone call from Kenyan President Ruto, and the commander of the Sudanese army and Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Burhan - according to the statement - the sovereignty of his country on its territory, and the inability to enter the East African forces (ISAF) without the approval of the Khartoum government.

Al-Burhan also stressed the Sudanese government's readiness for a ceasefire if the RSF evacuates citizens' homes, water and electricity service centers, energy and government headquarters.

According to the statement, Al-Burhan explained to the Kenyan president the reasons for the Sudanese government's reservation on Kenya's chairmanship of the Quartet mandated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to address the crisis in Sudan.

A remarkable welcome

Youssef Ezzat, a political adviser to the RSF commander, said the RSF viewed the comments of Sovereignty Council member Shams al-Din Kabbashi positively.

Ezzat added, in statements to Al Jazeera Mubasher, that the Rapid Support Forces confirm their commitment to the Jeddah platform, and are ready to negotiate with the Sudanese army.


A member of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Shams al-Din Kabbashi, said in statements to Al Jazeera that the council is open to any serious initiative to stop the war within the framework of preserving national sovereignty and state institutions.

Kabbashi pointed out that the Saudi-American initiative is advanced, and that the Council's principled position supports the expanded and comprehensive political dialogue, stressing that the comprehensive dialogue must lead to the formation of a civilian government that leads the transitional period and prepares the country for free and fair elections.

Kabbashi said Sudan needed national efforts and external support to rebuild what was destroyed by the war.

The remarks coincide with a Sudanese government source telling Al Jazeera that the army delegation had returned to Jeddah to resume negotiations with the Rapid Support Forces. The Sudanese army suspended its participation in the negotiations in late May in protest at what it saw as a breach of rapid support for the truce.

Field developments

Al Jazeera's correspondent in the Sudanese capital reported clashes in the neighborhoods of southern Omdurman (west), and pointed to intensive overflights by army warplanes.

This came in conjunction with the sound of ground-based anti-aircraft weapons in central Khartoum and south of Omdurman.

The army said its Special Action Forces carried out a successful qualitative operation in Omdurman, one of the three cities that make up the capital. The army posted videos on its Facebook page showing its forces and military vehicles roaming the streets of the neighborhoods of Mohandessin, Al-Awda and Hamad Al-Nil, south of Omdurman.

Earlier on Saturday, Sudan's Health Ministry said in a statement that marches belonging to what it called "Rapid Support Rebel Militias" shelled the emergency department of the Medical Weapon Hospital in Omdurman.

The army accused the RSF of targeting the emergency complex at the Medical Weapon Hospital in Omdurman with a drone.

The army said the attack killed five people and wounded 5, most of them civilians.

RSF elements near Sudanese intelligence headquarters in Khartoum (Reuters)

Kordofan and Darfur

In the state of South Kordofan in western Sudan, local sources said that the SPLM-N-wing Abdul Aziz al-Hilu shelled with heavy artillery residential neighborhoods in several areas in the city of "Kadugli", the state capital, resulting in a number of injuries.

According to the same sources, the artillery shelling coincided with the continuation of violent clashes in the Belenga garrison area between the army and SPLM forces.

On the other hand, the RSF said it denies what it called the allegations contained in the Human Rights Watch report on the events in the Mistri area of West Darfur state in western Sudan.

It added that it was ready to cooperate with any fair commission of inquiry from impartial parties formed for that purpose, and the Rapid Support Forces said that what happened in West Darfur state was a purely tribal conflict and that it was not a party to it.

Human Rights Watch has accused the RSF and allied militias of killing 28 members of the Masalit tribe and killing and wounding dozens of civilians in Darfur.

The clashes between the army and the Rapid Support have entered their fourth month and have left more than 3,3 people dead, most of them civilians, and more than <> million displaced people and refugees, according to the Sudanese Ministry of Health and the United Nations.