The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced on Thursday that they had accepted a humanitarian ceasefire proposed by the United States.

The Sudanese military has yet to respond. The RSF issued the statement after it captured the town of El-Fasher in West Darfur.

It has been besieging the city for 18 months.

It has ignored repeated calls from the United Nations to end the siege, leaving residents who cannot flee to starvation.

The UN-backed International Hunger Monitoring Group has confirmed famine conditions in the city.

The RSF has faced international criticism over reports of mass killings by its soldiers, but the group has denied the allegations.

The civil war between the Sudanese army and the RSF began in 2023. Both sides accepted various ceasefire proposals during the war, but none of them were implemented.

In September, the United States, along with the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, proposed a three-month humanitarian truce, followed by a permanent ceasefire and a transition to civilian rule.