Mediated efforts to ease tensions between Sudan's military and paramilitary forces.

The head of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemeti, has expressed his willingness to meet with the army chief and leader of the ruling council to ease military tensions. The situation escalated after the deployment of some RSF personnel near a major military airport in the northern city of Merowe on Wednesday, prompting the army to make a statement saying the moves were illegal. Despite positive messages coming from the rival camps, the situation in Merowe remained the same. The RSF and the army remain at odds over who would be the commander-in-chief of the military during a multiyear integration period.