Major General al-Nour Adam, known as "Qubba", has defected from Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — the paramilitary group fighting the national army since April 2023 — to join the Sudanese Armed Forces, in one of the most high-profile switches of allegiance since the war began. Army chief General Abdel-Fattah Burhan personally received Adam in Sudan's Northern Province, near the Egyptian border, declaring that "doors are open" for fighters willing to lay down arms. The defection comes as the conflict enters its fourth year amid what aid organisations describe as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with millions displaced, widespread famine, and no clear resolution in sight.