Sudanese army says repelled paramilitary forces attack after truce declaration

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) said Tuesday it had repelled an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the city of Babanusa in southern West Kordofan State, a day after the RSF declared a unilateral three-month humanitarian truce.



In a statement, the SAF said it had killed a number of RSF field commanders and hundreds of fighters, seized several combat vehicles, and destroyed others.



Meanwhile, the volunteer group Sudan Doctors Network accused the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North and the RSF of attacking the Al-Zallataya mine in South Kordofan State and forcibly abducting more than 150 young men as well as several minors.



The network said the attack violated international humanitarian law and the RSF's unilateral humanitarian truce, urging immediate and unconditional release of all abductees, an end to all forms of forced recruitment, and permission for humanitarian aid to enter.



The RSF has not commented on the two incidents.



On Sunday, the SAF rejected a proposal by the Quad -- Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States -- which called for a three-month humanitarian truce followed by a nine-month political process aimed at a permanent settlement.