Nationwide pause to violence to begin at midnight on 24 April, and US will support attempts to create a committee to oversee ending hostilities
During a Monday night appearance on LBC’s Tonight with Andrew Marr, Heappey said: “I think people will have the evacuation from Kabul very firmly in mind. That’s the last time we saw this sort of event. But Kabul was very different.”
“Beyond that, we would effectively be inserting foreign troops, not just us, there’ll be other countries that would want to do it, into the parts of Khartoum that has been the most hotly fought over,” he continued.RSF agrees to ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian efforts and evacuations The Rapid Support Forces affirm their full readiness to cooperate, coordinate and provide all facilities that enable expatriates and missions to leave the country safely.
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has announced the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting at midnight on April 24.Following intense negotiation over the past 48 hours, the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces have agreed to implement a nationwide ceasefire starting at midnight on April 24, to last for 72 hours. During this period, the United States urges the SAF and RSF to immediately and fully uphold the ceasefire.
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