Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's statement, reported by Al Jazeera, comes as fighting spread to at least two additional regions. At least ten civilians were killed in West Kordofan and some 5,500 people were displaced in Blue Nile as clashes widened, according to the same report. The two figures underline the pace at which the conflict continues to consume territory and lives outside the main urban fronts.
The significance of al-Burhan's position is procedural as much as military. International mediators — including the African Union and the United States — have repeatedly pressed for a ceasefire framework. A categorical rejection of talks from the army's commander removes one of the two parties from any such process, at least for now, and narrows the diplomatic space that outside actors have been trying to hold open since the war began in April 2023.
What the statement does not resolve is whether the SAF has the military capacity to match al-Burhan's vow, or whether the declaration is intended primarily to foreclose the possibility of a negotiated partition of influence — an outcome the RSF, which controls large parts of Darfur and Khartoum, has little reason to resist.
Gabriel Fenech 
Isla Camilleri 
Alexandre Noir