Sudan’s Burhan vows to defeat RSF, accuses unnamed states of supporting rival group

November 6, 2025 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, pledged on Thursday to secure the country’s borders and eliminate the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), renewing accusations that unnamed countries were supporting the paramilitary group in its war against the army.

War broke out between the army and the RSF on April 15, 2023, resulting in thousands of deaths, injuring scores more, and displacing millions of civilians internally and abroad.

The RSF faces accusations of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, including recent atrocities reported in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state.

Speaking on Thursday in Omdurman to a mobile command operations centre, which included allied armed movement leaders, al-Burhan said the armed forces are “moving forward in defeating the enemy and securing the Sudanese state to its furthest borders.”

“This battle is the battle of the Sudanese people, and the people who fight will not be defeated or broken,” he added, stressing that the “onslaught supported by countries of oppression and arrogance” would soon be broken.

Al-Burhan pledged to avenge victims of RSF attacks in North and West Darfur, Al Jazirah state, and other areas, insisting they were “on the path to victory very soon.”

As confrontations escalate in western Sudan, with both sides using advanced weapons, including drones, international parties are intensifying pressure for a humanitarian truce to allow aid delivery and open safe passages for civilians.