Sudan’s SAF junta-controlled Sovereign Council said Sunday “the decision over war rests with the Sudanese people,” hours after drone strikes it alleged on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hit the Um Dabakir power station, fuel depots in White Nile state and Kenana’s airport. The council called the alleged attacks “a war against the Sudanese people.”
The remarks came after a Sept. 12 roadmap from the U.S., Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE (the Quad) for a three-month humanitarian truce leading to a permanent ceasefire and a nine-month transition to civilian rule.
The Port Sudan junta pushed back, rejecting foreign “custodianship,” any plan that “equates the state” with the RSF, and outside interference—amounting to a rebuff of the Quad’s call for dialogue and a ceasefire track that sidelines wartime authorities.
By contrast, RSF-aligned TASIS welcomed the Quad text. Former justice minister Nasredeen Abdelbari said the statement and new U.S. sanctions on Islamist actors were “a significant shift in the right direction” toward ending the war.
The Quad’s proposal stresses there is no military solution and bars roles for violent extremist groups linked to the Muslim Brotherhood in a transition—positions since echoed by regional bodies.
