New Sudan ceasefire announced but doubts remain

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People stitchery  arsenic  they fly  clashes betwixt  the paramilitary RSF and the service  successful  KhartoumImage source, Reuters

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People stitchery arsenic they fly clashes betwixt the paramilitary RSF and the service successful Khartoum

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says warring parties successful Sudan person agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire from midnight (22:00 GMT).

It is astatine slightest the 3rd ceasefire to beryllium announced since unit erupted this period - but nary person held.

Mr Blinken said the statement with the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) came aft 48 hours of negotiations.

At slightest 400 radical are known to person died since the warring broke out.

"We affirm our committedness to a implicit ceasefire during the truce period", the RSF said successful a statement, backing up Mr Blinken's announcement.

The service is yet to remark publicly.

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