Sudan’s warring factions on Thursday night agreed on a new ceasefire, extending respite for battered civilians by another 72 hours.
The decision by the Sudan Armed Forces (Saf) led by Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his rival Mohamed Hamdani Daglo alias ‘Hemedti’ of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) came following intense pressure from regional leaders under the African Union (AU), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), the UN, the US, Gulf countries and various other entities who had called for urgent de-escalation.
