The ceasefire had allowed the delivery of aid to an estimated two million people. Read more at straitstimes.com.
DUBAI - Sudan’s warring military factions agreed on Monday to a five-day extension of a ceasefire agreement, after renewed heavy clashes and air strikes in parts of the capital threw fresh doubts on the effectiveness of the truce.and have been monitoring it remotely, announced shortly before it was due to expire on Monday evening that the parties had agreed to extend it.
Sources with knowledge of the new deal said discussions on amendments to make the truce more effective were continuing. Air strikes, which the army has been using to target RSF forces embedded in neighbourhoods across the capital, could be heard in Omdurman on Monday afternoon, residents said. Saudi Arabia and the United States have previously said both sides had committed various violations of the truce, as well as impeding humanitarian access and restoration of essential services.Orphanage deaths
In Khartoum, factories, offices, homes and banks have been looted or destroyed. Power, water and telecommunications are often cut, there are acute shortages of medicines and medical equipment, and food supplies have been running low.
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