Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris said on Sunday that a national dialogue will begin “soon” as part of efforts to achieve reconciliation, rebuild the country and pave the way for free and fair elections.
Idris said the dialogue would be owned by all Sudanese and would focus on national recovery, comprehensive reconciliation and constitutional reconstruction before culminating in elections to allow citizens to choose new leaders. He also said the Sudanese army was advancing in the Kordofan region and would move towards Darfur until the entire country was brought under government control.
The Prime minister identified the refusal to place the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on an equal footing, as well as opposition to foreign interference, as “red lines” for the government. He also referred to a peace initiative submitted to the UN Security Council in December 2025, which calls for the RSF to withdraw from areas under its control and undergo integration and demobilisation procedures aimed at ending the conflict.
On last Friday, Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Chairperson Abdel Fattah Al Burhan approved logistical support and legal, political and security guarantees for an inclusive national dialogue led by an independent mechanism.
Sudan has been embroiled in war since the 15th 2023, when fighting erupted between the army and the RSF over plans to integrate the paramilitary force into the regular military. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced about 13 million others, according to UN estimates.
