Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced an apparently unilateral three-month humanitarian truce in the country’s civil war.

RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, made the announcement on Monday in a recorded address. The warring Sudanese Armed Forces led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan did not immediately confirm that any agreement had been reached.

Al-Burhan late on Sunday had rejected a ceasefire proposal put forward by the so-called Quad – Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

He took particular issue with the presence in the grouping of the UAE, which has long rejected accusations that it is arming and funding the RSF.

On Monday, Hemedti said the truce seeks to enhance civilian protections and facilitate the delivery

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