Hemedti Says RSF Will Continue Fighting Until 2040, Accuses Sudan Army Leaders

Rapid Support Forces commander Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, known as Hemedti, said his forces are “ready to continue fighting until 2040 if circumstances require,” while Sudanese army estimates suggest the war could continue until 2033.

“Sudan's Rapid Support Forces commander Mohammed Hamdan Daglo (Hemetti) said yesterday, on Wednesday, that his forces are 'ready to continue fighting until 2040 if circumstances require,' noting that the army's estimates indicate a possibility of continuing until 2033”

Al-Jazeera Net

His remarks came during a speech to RSF officers, where he blamed the leadership of the armed forces for prolonging the conflict and for refusing to engage in peace efforts.

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By contrast, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, affirmed at the end of last April that the armed forces would continue military operations until “cleansing the homeland” of the RSF and the rebels.

The sources tie the escalation to a war that began in April 2023, leaving “tens of thousands” dead and more than 14 million displaced or refugees, according to United Nations estimates.

Al-Jazeera Net reports that Hemedti renewed his commitment to continuing military operations against the Sudanese army, accusing “the leadership of the armed forces of responsibility for the continuation of the conflict and for rejecting engagement in peace efforts.”

In the same reporting, Burhan pledged on April 29 that the Sudanese armed forces would continue on their military path until “cleansing the homeland” of the RSF and all rebels, stressing that “military operations are ongoing on various fronts.”

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The Sudanese media coverage described Hemedti’s statements as reiterating an option of military operations against the Sudanese Armed Forces and holding its leadership responsible for the continuation of the conflict.

Both sources frame the dispute as a clash over peace efforts, with the RSF leadership portraying negotiations as a sign of weakness from the army’s perspective.

The sources also connect the rhetoric to international action, saying the United States in April imposed sanctions on five companies and individuals accused of recruiting former Colombian fighters to fight within the RSF.

“Arab News RSF: Ready to continue the war through 2040 May 7, 2026 at 08:38 The commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, said that his forces are ready to continue fighting until 2040 if circumstances require it, noting that Sudanese army estimates speak of a possible continuation of the war until 2033”

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Al-Jazeera Net adds that the RSF commander said, “We as RSF seek to stop the war tonight before tomorrow, but can the war end on one side?”

It also reports that an American study by universities asserts the total death toll reaches about 130,000 people killed directly or indirectly.

With the war ongoing since April 2023 between the Sudanese army under Burhan and the RSF under Hemedti, the sources place the immediate stakes in continued fighting on “various fronts” and in the scale of displacement already recorded by United Nations estimates.