Sudan: Sudan Anti-War Forces Reject El Burhan Dialogue Call

What the report says

Sudanese civilian and political anti-war forces have رفضed a dialogue appeal from Sovereignty Council President and Sudanese Armed Forces commander Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, saying no credible political process can begin while the war is still ongoing. According to Dabanga, the stance was restated after a two-day meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where parties and civil society groups aligned around the view that the priority should be stopping the fighting and easing the humanitarian crisis.

The gathering brought together groups including signatories to the Sudanese Declaration of Principles, the Popular Congress Party, the Umma Party, and feminist and youth networks. Participants said they viewed El Burhan’s call as an effort to strengthen army authority and give military rule greater political legitimacy. They adopted a joint paper titled The Peace Process We Want, which calls for an independent political track not controlled by either side in the conflict.

Former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who leads the Civil Democratic Alliance of Revolutionary Forces, described the Addis Ababa meeting as an important step for civilian forces and said it showed they could still coordinate despite the scale of the crisis. The group also endorsed the Quadrilateral Roadmap issued in September 2025, urged a unified international mediation effort, and backed measures for the SAF and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to de-escalate and reach an immediate truce.

The meeting ended with a call to Sudanese people inside and outside the country to oppose the war, reject hate speech and polarization, and support a broader peace process that restores civilian authority and preserves Sudan’s unity.