Warring Factions Agree to Seven-Day Truce, Says Juba DeutscheWelle: EastAfrica
2 May 2023South Sudan says rival generals in Sudan have agreed"in principle" to a seven-day truce. Meanwhile, clashes in Khartoum have undermined an already existing ceasefire. DW has the latest.
Both sides had agreed"to name their representatives to peace talks to be held at any venue of their choice", the statement said. Kiir was holding talks with Burhan and Daglo as part of a regional initiative.despite a second extension of a 72-hour cease-fireThe power struggle between Sudan's de facto leader, army chief Abdel Fattah Burhan, and his former deputy Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo who commands the powerful Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group is well into its third week.
"About 72 percent, roughly 240,000 of these new internal displacements were reported in West and South Darfur alone," spokesman Paul Dillon told reporters.The World Health Organization said that after having conducted a risk assessment, there was"moderate risk" related to the seizure of a public health laboratory in Khartoum by one of the warring factions.
Last week the WHO warned that Khartoum residents were at risk due to the capture of the facility which contained various pathogens. "With this our evacuation operations out of Sudan have ended," it said, adding that it included all Pakistanis who had wanted to leave. Saudi Arabia announced late on Monday it was evacuating a further 212 individuals from Sudan via the Red Sea, including US and British citizens.
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