Parties in Sudan agree to a nationwide ceasefire for 24 hours
(VOVWORLD) - Sudan’s warring sides have agreed to a nationwide ceasefire for 24 hours starting early on Saturday, mediators Saudi Arabia and the United States have announced.
 In Khartoum, Sudan on June 9 (Photo: AFP/TTXVN) |
The ceasefire will begin at 6am local time (04:00 GMT), Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said in a Twitter post on Friday.
The agreement marks the latest in several failed attempts to stop weeks of fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.
The ministry’s statement said the two sides agreed – as they had done in previous ceasefires that were broken – to refrain from seeking military advantage during the 24-hour period, as well as from prohibited movements, attacks, use of aircraft or drones, aerial bombardment, artillery strikes, reinforcement of positions and resupply of forces.