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Sudan’s military reported repelling an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the key town of Babanusa in Southern Kordofan, just one day after the RSF declared a unilateral three-month ceasefire.
Babanusa is the army’s last major position in West Kordofan, lying on a strategic route to Darfur, where the army recently lost its final base in El-Fasher.
The army claimed to have destroyed several RSF vehicles and killed “hundreds of mercenaries,” though these claims could not be independently verified due to a communications blackout.
The government, aligned with the army, dismissed the RSF’s ceasefire declaration—which cited efforts by the US and the Quad group (US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt)—as a “political manoeuvre.”
A US Africa envoy confirmed that both warring sides have rejected the most recent truce proposal.
After two years of conflict marked by repeated ceasefire violations, diplomatic efforts remain stalled, with international attention focused on reports of ongoing atrocities, particularly in Kordofan, following the fall of El-Fasher.
