Sudanese Armed Forces Commander Gen. Abdel Fattah al Burhan and Rapid Support Forces Commander Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo separately announced truces.
Smoke rose in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday as a paramilitary group said it had seized the presidential palace. agreed to a temporary truce Friday, which coincides with the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of Ramadan.
"Based on international, regional, and local understandings, we agreed to a humanitarian truce for a period of 72 hours, starting from six o'clock this morning," said the Rapid Support Forces."We note that the truce coincides with the blessed Eid Al-Fitr and to open humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens and give them the opportunity to greet their families."
"We are confident that we will overcome this ordeal with our training, wisdom and strength," Burhan said Friday, promising to create"security and unity of the state."
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