The Civil Democratic Alliance of Revolutionary Forces, known as Sumud, has urged General al-Burhan’s SAF and the Rapid Support Forces to accept a proposed humanitarian truce and help pave the way for a political process to end the country’s war.
The call came in a statement issued after a meeting of the alliance’s Executive Office in Nairobi from June 7 to 9, during which Sumud warned that the war, now entering its fourth year, has pushed Sudan deeper into humanitarian collapse, political fragmentation and social rupture.
The alliance said any serious move toward peace must begin with urgent confidence-building measures, including the release of political detainees and forcibly disappeared persons, prisoner exchanges, the withdrawal of armed forces from major cities and the reopening of civic space.
Sumud’s position comes days after the five-member mediation mechanism — made up of the United Nations, African Union, IGAD, European Union and League of Arab States — held consultations in Addis Ababa with Sudanese political and civil groups as part of efforts to launch a new political process alongside expected talks between the SAF and the RSF.
The alliance reaffirmed that ending the war requires a broad civilian front capable of preventing Sudan’s crisis from being reduced to a military power-sharing arrangement between armed actors.
It also repeated its rejection of any role for the dissolved National Congress Party and the Islamist movement in future political arrangements, calling instead for continued efforts to dismantle their influence inside state institutions and hold their leaders accountable for the country’s political collapse and wartime abuses.
Sumud endorsed the political documents that emerged from recent consultations in Addis Ababa, along with the Nairobi Declaration of Principles and the Cairo Charter, describing them as important steps toward building a wider civilian consensus in support of peace.
The alliance welcomed recent international backing for an inclusive Sudanese dialogue and said the creation of a unified, professional national army under civilian authority remains central to any sustainable settlement and democratic transition.
It also voiced concern over worsening humanitarian conditions across Sudan and warned against rising signs of political, social and administrative fragmentation.
Sumud called on community leaders, religious figures, intellectuals and media professionals to confront hate speech, protect social cohesion and help prevent the war from permanently tearing apart Sudan’s civilian fabric.
