UN says it sought short truce in Al Fashar, reports positive reply from General Buran

United Nations Secretary-General said he had contacted parties in Sudan about a short ceasefire in Al Fashar to allow humanitarian assistance to be delivered, and described the reply from one senior commander as positive.

Asked by an AFP reporter about a statement from "General Buran" that the general had accepted a proposed one-week ceasefire, the secretary-general said: "We are making contacts with both sides with that objective, and that was the the fundamental reason for that phone contact." He said the goal was to secure "an amount of time of truce for aid to be distributed," and that it was necessary to agree the truce "some days in advance to prepare a massive delivery in the Alfasha area." The secretary-general added, "I am hopeful that, I had a positive answer from, general Buram, and I hopeful that both sides will understand how vital it is to avoid the catastrophe that we are witnessing in Al Fashar."

The secretary-general cited recent incidents in the area, saying a "big convoy of, UNICEF and the lehi p was bombarded" and that people are "starving and in a extremely difficult situation." He framed the outreach as urgent humanitarian diplomacy rather than a formal negotiation outcome and said contacts with both sides were ongoing.

No formal truce or implementation details were announced during the briefing, and the secretary-general did not provide a timeline for when humanitarian deliveries would take place beyond the need to prepare in the days before a potential pause in fighting. The secretary-general also did not specify responses from all parties named in news reports; he said work to contact both sides was continuing.