The Sudanese military and the rival Rapid Support Forces said they would observe a 24-hour cease-fire after four days of deadly fighting across the country.
This file picture composite shows Sudanese army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on June 29, 2019 and Sudanese paramilitary commander Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo on June 18, 2019. Photos: Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images
The Sudanese military and the rival Rapid Support Forces said on Tuesday they would observe a 24-hour cease-fire after four days of deadly fighting across the country.Secretary of State Tony Blinken spoke separately to Army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the leader of the Rapid Support Forces who is known as Hemedti, after a
and proposed a 24-hour truce to allow "the Sudanese to be safely reunited with families and to obtain desperately needed relief supplies."many of their humanitarian programs after aid workers and their offices came under attack in the four days of fighting between the military and RSF. Three World Food Program workers were killed in the fighting in North Darfur.
"We cannot deliver when our staff is attacked, is thrown out of their offices, when their offices are destroyed, their vehicles looted, and sometimes even their residencies being under fire or destroyed," UN special envoy for Sudan Volker Perthes told reporters on Monday The World Health Organization, citing Sudan's Ministry of Health, said on Tuesday that at least 270 people had been killed and 2,600 others injured in the fighting. Hospitals have also come under attack and are facing supply shortages, according to the UN and the Central Committee for Sudanese Doctors.
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