Violence continues in Khartoum as talks stall: Clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued yesterday amid reports that ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia are stalling. “A permanent ceasefire isn't on the table... every side believes it is capable of winning the battle,” a Saudi diplomat told AFP yesterday. Representatives from both sides have been in Jeddah since Saturday to take part in pre-negotiation talkssponsored by Saudi Arabia and the US.

RSF must leave Khartoum -Burhan: In an interview with Al Qahera News, the country’s de facto military leader Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Burhan said that the RSF will have to leave the capital in order for the military to agree to a ceasefire. “We want the talks to establish the foundations to put a stop to the fighting and result in the exit of the RSF militia from civilian areas … A ceasefire will have to be paired with the RSF’s exit from civilian areas — hospitals, service centers, gas stations,” he said (watch, runtime: 51:04).

Sudanese army will be defeated -RSF: The RSF said that it will carry on fighting to ensure “the defeat of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its supporters — members of the former regime of dictator and military officer Omar Al Bashir.”

Egypt continues to take in refugees: Egypt has so far taken in 70k refugees from Sudan, with 65.1k Sudanese nationals and 4.9k other nationalities crossing the border, according to the latest UN data. The total refugee count has risen to 107k, almost 98.5k of whom are Sudanese nationals.

Shoukry in Chad: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held talks with Chad’s president Mahamat Idriss Deby in N’Djamena yesterday, in a meeting that centered around the latest developments in Sudan and their joint efforts to help restore peace in the country, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. Shoukry was in Chad yesterday as part of a regional trip focused on the civil war in Sudan that will see him visit South Sudan as well.

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