The intra-Sudanese dialogue planned for Sudan’s political future will lead to free elections following national recovery and comprehensive reconciliation. Prime Minister Kamil Idris announced during a meeting in Khartoum with a delegation from the African Union Peace and Security Council that the dialogue would begin soon.
Idris said the process would be conducted within a framework supported by the entire Sudanese population. The plan calls for free and fair elections in which the Sudanese people will choose the country’s new government after comprehensive national recovery, full national reconciliation and the restructuring of the constitutional order.
Sudanese army’s target in Kordofan and Darfur
Prime Minister Idris said the Sudanese army was advancing in the Kordofan region and would turn toward Darfur at the next stage. According to Idris, the army’s objective is to restore control across the entire country.
Idris also described treating the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces on the same footing, as well as outside interference in Sudan’s internal affairs, as red lines. Stressing that only Sudanese people should decide Sudan’s future, Idris said the African Union should conduct its relations with the country on the basis of mutual respect among member states.
Peace initiative at the Security Council
The Sudanese government’s peace initiative, submitted to the United Nations Security Council in December 2025, was also discussed at the meeting. The initiative calls for the Rapid Support Forces to withdraw from the areas under their control and participate in integration and demobilization processes to end the war.
Idris said regional and international organizations, as well as global religious bodies, had responded to the initiative. He said he hoped the African Union would support efforts to designate the Rapid Support Forces a "terrorist organization."
African Union solidarity with the Sudanese people
Algerian Mohamed Khaled, who headed the delegation, said the African Union stood in solidarity with Sudan and the Sudanese people. Khaled stressed that the council remained committed to respecting the sovereignty and unity of states and rejecting interference in their internal affairs.
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council, had approved on Friday the provision of logistical support and legal, political and security guarantees for an inclusive Sudanese dialogue to be managed by an independent national mechanism.
Humanitarian toll of the war in Sudan
The war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces has continued since April 2023. The conflict began over a dispute about how the paramilitary force would be integrated into the regular army.
According to United Nations estimates, tens of thousands of people have been killed in the war and approximately 13 million have been displaced.
Maria Nica / Editor
