Khaberni - The head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council in Sudan, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, announced today, Friday, general mobilization in the armed forces, and called on all Sudanese capable of bearing arms to come forward and participate in the ongoing fighting against the Rapid Support Forces.
Al-Burhan said in front of a public gathering in the town of Al-Seraija in Gezira State that he will not accept the rebels "and those who stand with them," confirming that the rights of the civilian victims killed by the Rapid Support Forces will not be in vain.
He added that the Sudanese "will take revenge on the rebels" and that the war will not stop until the end of the rebellion, emphasizing that the armed forces "are determined to end the rebellion".
He also mentioned that he rejects the mediation of any party before the Rapid Support Forces "disarm".
Commenting on this, an advisor to the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Hemedti, said that Al-Burhan's announcement of mobilization and his refusal to negotiate is a message to those who think he might respond to initiatives to end the war, and a response to statements by Rubio and a message to the international community.
Hemedti's advisor considered Al-Burhan's condition for the Rapid Support to surrender their weapons before any negotiation to be daydreams and unrealistic safety.
UN investigation mission
This comes at a time when the UN Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution today, Friday, to form a mission to investigate violations committed in the city of Al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur State, which was controlled by the Rapid Support Forces.
The Human Rights Council ordered the investigators to seek to identify all those involved in the atrocities suspected to have been committed in Al-Fashir to assist in bringing them to justice.
On Friday, Turkey called for an immediate halt to the fighting in the city of Al-Fashir and its surroundings in North Darfur State in Sudan, a cessation of attacks against civilians, and the provision of safe humanitarian corridors to deliver aid unobstructed, amid escalating violence and the expansion of clashes in the region and West Sudan and Kordofan.
The Turkish call was made during a speech delivered by the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the UN Office in Geneva, Barak Akchabar, at the 38th special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Half the population needs humanitarian aid
Meanwhile, in a parallel context, the Secretary-General of the Danish Refugee Council, Charlotte Slente, warned that "half of the population of Sudan" -over 30 million people- now need humanitarian aid after more than two years of war.
Slente, after a field visit to the Sudanese-Chadian border, said the suffering of the people "is unimaginable," noting the massive influx of refugees into Chad, which hosts 1.5 million Sudanese refugees living in camps along the border.
Slente criticized the "inaction of the international community," considering that issuing statements has neither stopped the violence nor reduced the magnitude of the humanitarian catastrophe. She said that Sudan has "the largest number of internally displaced persons in the world," with widespread violations including mass killings, sexual violence, detentions, kidnappings, and enforced disappearances.
She also spoke about the escalation of violence in recent weeks, after the Rapid Support Forces took control of the city of Al-Fashir and the fighting expanded to Kordofan, where the cities Kadugli and Delling are besieged, while attacks continue on Babanusa.
According to the United Nations, the war that erupted in Sudan since April 2023 has killed tens of thousands and displaced 12 million people internally and externally, considered to be "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world".
