The head of the Sudanese Armed Forces has rejected a ceasefire plan presented by the United States and other mediators due to the involvement of the United Arab Emirates.

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told senior military commanders and security officials during an address released by his office late on Sunday that the truce proposal put forward this month by the “Quad” – the moderator group including the US, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt – is “the worst one” yet.

The criticism suggests that the bitter civil war between the government-aligned army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – which has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 14 million or more and sparked a humanitarian crisis – is set to continue.

The commander branded the proposal “unacceptable”, asserting that it

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