Sudan fighting abates overnight, allowing more people to flee

The Sudan Armed Forces said the US and Saudi Arabia mediated the ceasefire.

The Sudan Armed Forces said the U.S. and Saudi Arabia mediated the ceasefire. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the agreement first and said it followed two days of intense negotiations. The two sides have not abided by several previous temporary truce deals.

A Reuters witness said he heard gunfire from time to time in the city of Omdurman adjacent to the capital after a period of relative calm overnight. All Japanese people who wished to leave Sudan have been evacuated, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday. Ahead of the evening truce announcement, air strikes and ground fighting shook Omdurman, one of three adjacent cities in the capital region, and there were also clashes in capital Khartoum, a Reuters reporter said.

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