The Facts

• The leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo on Wednesday announced that he will participate in US-mediated ceasefire talks in Switzerland on August 14.The leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, announced on Wednesday that he will attend the US-mediated cease-fire talks in Switzerland on Aug. 14.

• Dagalo reportedly "welcomed" the invitation extended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and confirmed the RSF's "participation in the upcoming ceasefire talks" with the Sudanese military under the command of army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan.

• On Tuesday, Blinken announced that the Sudanese army and the RSF had been invited to negotiations to end the Sudan war and that Washington "remains committed to working with partners to end this devastating war."