Sudan Truce Talks Falter as Army and RSF Remain Split on Withdrawal Terms

Sudan's repeated truce efforts have failed to produce a lasting halt in fighting, as shown by a brief May 2023 pause that let a doctor escape but did not secure her family's return. A recent New York meeting of the Quad and Quintet urged a humanitarian truce and monitoring, but no agreement with the army or RSF was announced. The main dispute concerns the terms of a proposed 90-day truce, especially whether RSF forces must withdraw from all seized cities.

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A May 2023 lull enabled a Sudanese physician to leave a besieged clinic, yet it ended before her relatives could go home; they remain uprooted. Later attempts also stalled. At a first joint New York gathering of the Quad and Quintet on Sept. 23, co-led by the African Union and Washington, participants urged a humanitarian pause and compliance oversight, but announced neither army-RSF accord nor talks date.

The core dispute involves a proposed 90-day truce. Sudan's army-led government reportedly accepted much of a U.S. plan but opposed restricting RSF pullback to certain zones, demanding withdrawal from every city it captured. The RSF welcomed the proposal while combat persisted. Earlier Jeddah commitments, IGAD's planned leader meeting, a Manama initialed document, and 2024 Switzerland talks all failed to produce sustained implementation.

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