The United States Secretary, Anthony Blinken, has announced that the Sudan Armed forces has agreed to maintain a three-day cease fire to halt escalating violence in the East Africa Nation starting from 25th April.
The US secretary met earlier on Monday in Washington on the peace efforts with Kenya’s top diplomat and has held phone conversations with counterparts from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
According to Blinken, the deal was reached after “intense negotiations” between Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
“During this period, the United States urges the SAF and RSF to immediately and fully uphold the ceasefire,” Blinken said in a statement.
“To support a durable end to the fighting, the United States will coordinate with regional and international partners, and Sudanese civilian stakeholders, to assist in the creation of a committee to oversee the negotiation, conclusion, and implementation of a permanent cessation of hostilities and humanitarian arrangements in Sudan,” he added.
The Conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF, which the military had deemed a rebel organisation, broke out in the capital Khartoum and other places on April 15, resulting in at least 413 deaths and 3,551 injuries.
Since the conflict started, foreign government has been making effort to evacuate their citizens and now, there is hope that the ceasefire will allow the continual evacuation of foreigners out of the country.
