A strongly worded opinion piece argues that there is no viable alternative to the Quartet initiative, placing direct responsibility on SAF for prolonging the war and blocking serious political solutions.
The writer says the proposal presented by Prime Minister Kamel Idris to the UN Security Council was not a genuine initiative, but a recycled version of earlier Port Sudan government proposals driven by SAF. Similar initiatives, he notes, were floated before the Burhan–Hemedti coup and failed, disappearing without impact. According to the article, these repeated attempts reflect a lack of political vision and an insistence on buying time rather than ending the war.
The author accuses SAF of dictating the political script, arguing that Idris has no real authority beyond reading prepared statements and performing symbolic gestures such as fee reductions, market visits, and appearances at displacement shelters, while the war continues unabated.
The piece says Port Sudan authorities, under SAF’s control, have jumped from one initiative to another in an effort to evade meaningful negotiations. It singles out attempts to undermine the US led Quartet, comprising the US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the UAE, describing them as deliberate manoeuvres to weaken international pressure for a ceasefire and civilian transition.
According to the author, SAF’s last attempt involved lobbying the African Union to push a Port Sudan proposal during the New Year holiday. This move, he says, failed, as African leaders ultimately endorsed the Quartet framework in full, leaving SAF exposed and politically isolated.
The article draws attention to the imbalance of global power, warning that Sudan’s military leadership continues to misread international realities. It argues that SAF’s strategy of militarisation and political obstruction has pushed the country to the brink of a broader civil war, fuelled by the spread of militias and competing armed centres of power.
The writer warns that this trajectory risks the fragmentation of Sudan into zones of influence, with devastating consequences for national unity. He says ordinary Sudanese, exhausted by war, displacement, and exile, now see the Quartet initiative and the Jeddah platform as the only realistic path to ending the conflict.
The article concludes that the December Revolution remains alive despite SAF’s reliance on force, stressing that gunfire will not erase popular demands for civilian rule. It calls for an immediate end to the war, rejects division and militarism, and urges unity around a single goal, a peaceful, civilian, and united Sudan.
