[SAF Commander-in-Chief says he will not negotiate with Rapid support Force Commander] April 29, according to Sudanese media reports, on 28 April local time, Bourhane, Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Commission and Commander-in-Chief of the SAF, issued a statement saying that the armed forces could have ended the fighting in a very short period of time, but they did not do so for the sake of protecting infrastructure and civilians. He also stated that, with the exception of several military strongholds in Darfur, the armed forces currently control almost the entire Sudan and that he would not sit down and negotiate with the commander of the Rapid support Force, Dagalo, because the Rapid support Force is leading a rebellion and has no choice but to be integrated or destroyed by the armed forces.