The leaders of Sudan’s warring military factions have agreed to start preliminary talks in Jeddah aimed at ending the conflict, according to Saudi Arabia and the United States
. The two countries welcomed the start of “pre-negotiation” discussions, to take place on Saturday, and called on both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to “actively engage in the talks towards a ceasefire and end to the conflict” in Sudan. “ urge both parties to take in consideration the interests of the Sudanese nation and its people,” the two countries said in a press release on Friday.
It will provide them with a very good cover … It will be impossible for the army to strike it by air because the surrounding area is full of civilians, it is in the middle of three big neighborhoods.” A second medical source, who works at a different hospital in Khartoum and who also wishes to remain anonymous, confirmed the RSF had taken over the Omdurman Maternity Hospital. CNN has been unable to contact the hospital due to network connectivity issues in Sudan.
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