Shortly after Reuters reported that heavy shooting had taken place in the Jabra area in western Khartoum, where houses belonging to SRB leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as “Hemedi”, were located, the Sudanese military said they agreed with this offer. clock fire.

“The ceasefire will begin at 6:00 pm and will last until 6:00 pm the next day to meet humanitarian requests, provided that the other side respects it,” the army said. “We reaffirm our commitment to a complete ceasefire and hope that the other side will abide by it,” RSF said.

This is the latest ceasefire announcement since clashes erupted last Saturday, in which at least 270 people were killed and 2,600 others injured, according to the WHO.

On Sunday and Monday, fighting continued on both sides, even as the United Nations and the African Union called for a three-hour ceasefire to allow safe passage for civilians who fled to their homes due to the escalating violence.

Thousands of Sudanese are fleeing the capital, Khartoum, trying to get through the crossfire between General Hamidi’s paramilitaries and the Sudanese army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Buran.

Politicians and diplomats insisted that they agree on a timetable and terms for integrating the SLO (DTY) into the regular army and restarting the country’s transition to democracy.

Current rival generals Burhan and Dagallo teamed up to overthrow Omar al-Bashir in April 2019 after massive protests against his three decades of rule. Since then, they have been allies, and their relationship has been punctuated by periods of tension. In October 2021, the two men led a military coup against the civilian government established after the fall of Bashir, derailing an internationally supported transition.

According to Reuters