More than 330 people have been killed so far in the violent power struggle. Read more at straitstimes.com.
CAIRO - Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said it had agreed to a 72-hour truce on humanitarian grounds, effective from 6am local time on Friday, offering a potential respite from a six-day“The truce coincides with the blessed Eid Al-Fitr ... to open humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens and give them the opportunity to greet their families,” the RSF said in a statement.
The RSF said it had to act in “self-defence” to repel what it described as a coup attempt, adding that it is committed to a “complete ceasefire” during the armistice period.More than 330 people have been killed so far in the violent power struggle, which broke out last weekend between two previously allied leaders of Sudan’s ruling military junta.
The fiercest battles between the army and the RSF have been in and around the capital Khartoum - one of Africa’s largest urban areas - and in Darfur, still scarred by a long conflict that ended three years ago. REUTERS
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