Khartoum: Sudan’s warring military factions agreed in principle to a seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, South Sudan announced, as more airstrikes and shooting in the Khartoum region disrupted the latest short-lived ceasefire.
A statement released by South Sudan’s foreign ministry, which had offered to mediate in the conflict, said its President Salva Kiir stressed the importance of a long ceasefire and the naming of envoys for peace talks, to which both sides agreed. Were. The credibility of the May 4–11 ceasefire agreement between Sudanese army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) leader Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo was unclear, with previous agreements lasting 24 to 72 hours. was underestimated. ,
Sudan’s war, which has forced 100,000 people to flee its borders and is now in its third week, is creating a humanitarian crisis, UN officials said Tuesday. The conflict risks developing into a wider disaster as Sudan’s poor neighbors grapple with a refugee crisis and aid delivery is being hampered in a country where two-thirds of the people already rely on some outside aid Is. UN officials had said that UN aid chief Martin Griffiths aimed to visit Sudan on Tuesday, but the timing had yet to be confirmed.
A statement released by South Sudan’s foreign ministry, which had offered to mediate in the conflict, said its President Salva Kiir stressed the importance of a long ceasefire and the naming of envoys for peace talks, to which both sides agreed. Were. The credibility of the May 4–11 ceasefire agreement between Sudanese army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) leader Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo was unclear, with previous agreements lasting 24 to 72 hours. was underestimated. ,
Sudan’s war, which has forced 100,000 people to flee its borders and is now in its third week, is creating a humanitarian crisis, UN officials said Tuesday. The conflict risks developing into a wider disaster as Sudan’s poor neighbors grapple with a refugee crisis and aid delivery is being hampered in a country where two-thirds of the people already rely on some outside aid Is. UN officials had said that UN aid chief Martin Griffiths aimed to visit Sudan on Tuesday, but the timing had yet to be confirmed.