Iran Press/ Africa: Sudanese army chief general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary Rapid Support forces (RSF) leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo have agreed in principle on a seven-day truce from May 4, a statement released by South Sudan's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
According to the statement, the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, stressed the importance of a longer ceasefire and of naming representatives to peace talks.
Both sides agreed to name representatives to the talks, the statement added.
South Sudan was designated as one of the countries to host the talks, and offered to mediate in the conflict in Sudan.
At least 528 people have been killed and 4,599 wounded since a long-simmering power struggle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted into conflict on 15 April. The UN believes the actual number of casualties to be far higher.
The fighting in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, has so far seen RSF forces fan out across the city as the army tries to target them largely by using airstrikes from drones and fighter jets.
The conflict has sent tens of thousands of people fleeing across Sudan’s borders and prompted warnings the country could disintegrate, destabilising a volatile region and prompting foreign governments to scramble to evacuate their nationals.
UN emergency relief coordinator Martin Griffiths, who was announced as an envoy to the region on Sunday, said the country’s “humanitarian situation is reaching breaking point”.
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