APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Sudan’s rival generals have agreed to a new 72–hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly airstrikes in khartoum and exodus of wounded from Darfur over the border into Chad.
Multiple truces have been reached and broken during the two-month war, including after the United States slapped sanctions on both generals after a previous attempt collapsed at the end of May.
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America announce the agreement of representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a ceasefire throughout Sudan for the period of 72 hours,” a Saudi foreign Ministry said in a statement late on Saturday.
The ceasefire is due to take effect at 6 am [0400 GMT], the mediator said.
“The two sides agreed that during the ceasefire period they would refrain from movements and attacks, the use of warplanes or drones, artillery bombardment, reinforcement of positions, resupply of forces, or refrain from attempting to achieve military gains,” the mediators said.
According to the mediators, the two sides agreed to allow freedom of movement and delivery of humanitarian aid throughout Sudan.
A record 25 million people more than half of Sudan’s population is in need of aid, the United Nations said recently.
Since battle began, the death toll across the country has topped 2,000, the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project said.
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