The Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) agreed to a seven-day ceasefire late Saturday night, the US and the US State Departments announced. Saudi Arabia.

A truce between warring parties Sudan effective at 09:45 (local time, 10:45 Greek time), Washington and Riyadh said in a joint statement released by the State Department.

The armed forces, under the command of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and DTY General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, “agreed to facilitate the delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid, restore essential services and withdraw troops from hospitals and other vital infrastructure,” the statement said. states that “both parties are known to have previously declared a truce that was not respected.”

Unlike previous ceasefires, this time in Jeddah, the warring parties have agreed to activate an international mechanism led by the US and Saudi Arabia to oversee a negotiated ceasefire.

With no running water or electricity, residents of the capital wait for a ceasefire amid airstrikes, heavy gunfire and artillery fire.

There is also a shortage of money as banks, allegedly looted, have been closed for a month now and commodity prices have skyrocketed: food prices have quadrupled and gasoline prices have quadrupled.

The war that broke out exactly one month ago, on April 15, between the army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary forces of the Rapid Support Forces (SSR) under the command of General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo has claimed the lives of 750 people, injured thousands and caused nearly a million people to become displaced or refugees in other countries.