This is 'to open humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens and give them the opportunity to greet their families,' says Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
said it had agreed to a 72-hour truce on humanitarian grounds from 6 am on Friday, April 21, to coincide with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr., was rocked by bombing and shelling earlier on Friday. There was no immediate comment from the army and its chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, did not mention a ceasefire in a pre-recorded speech posted on the army’s Facebook page.
At least 350 people have been killed in the power struggle between two previously allied leaders of the ruling military junta, army chief Burhan and RSF leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. A doctors’ group said at least 26 people were killed and 33 were injured in El-Obeid, a city west of Khartoum, on Thursday, April 20. Witnesses there described clashes between the army and RSF troops and widespread looting.
“We are talking about a humanitarian truce, we are talking about safe passages … we are not talking about sitting down with a criminal,” Dagalo said, referring to Burhan.
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