Khartoum Capital Witnesses 'Calm' On Tuesday Radiodabanga: Sudan
would become effective at 21:45 Khartoum time on Monday. Yet, people living in El Obeid in North Kordofan told Radio Dabanga that they heard heavy gunfire since early Tuesday morning.
In the El Mohandesin neighbourhood in Omdurman the shooting did not stop as well, Retd Ambassador Jamal Ibrahim reported. He noted that satellite monitoring of warfare in the neighbourhoods"is not always accurate".A woman told Radio Dabanga from East Nile in Khartoum North that they had not heard any sounds of gunfire since Tuesday morning.
The sources expressed their hope that humanitarian aid teams will be able to enter the city when the armistice will hold. Teams of volunteers have already begun to prepare for the delivery and distribution of relief items. "When the ceasefire holds for the agreed seven days, it may open the way for an extension of the armistice and lead to a gradual restoration of life and services in the country," he told Radio Dabanga., said that sporadic shooting was heard in some parts of Omdurman on Tuesday."In particular since noon, people started to move around freely, and shops opened their doors again". Traffic between Khartoum, Omdurman, and Khartoum North also resumed.
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