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New ceasefire pact in Sudan: The Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a seven-day ceasefire to bring the fighting to a temporary pause for the first time since the war started six weeks ago. The two sides signed an agreement for a truce to come into effect at 9:45pm Khartoum time on Monday during ongoing peace talks in Jeddah, the mediators of the negotiations, Saudi Arabia and the US, said in a joint statement yesterday. Under the agreement, both sides have committed to facilitating humanitarian aid and pull forces back from hospitals and other essential services.
Previously ceasefires haven’t done anything to stop the fighting: The warring factions have agreed to multiple ceasefires since the war started in the middle of May, only for fighting to continue on the ground.
This time should be different: This is the first time the two sides have committed to a ceasefire in writing, and the arrangements will be supervised by a “US-Saudi and international-supported ceasefire monitoring mechanism,” the statement said, without elaborating.
Chaos in Khartoum: “We are living in the devil’s city. People are looting everything…Where’s the state?” Reuters quotes one Khartoum teacher as saying, as violence intensifies on the street’s of Sudan’s war torn capital. With the RSJ reportedly in control of large parts of the city, eyewitnesses told the newswire that order has all but collapsed, with criminals and militia looting banks, shops, and homes. The Sudanese army has blamed RSF soldiers for much of the criminality, a charge the paramilitary group denies.
More than 1 mn people have now been displaced by the conflict, the UN said Friday. Some 187k have fled into neighboring countries, with more than 113k entering Egypt over the past five weeks, according to the latest UN data.
Aid efforts: The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is allocating USD 22 mn to support the relief efforts in Sudan’s neighbors, while USAID has announced a USD 103 mn aid package targeting Sudan and its neighboring countries, USD 6 mn of which is going to Egypt, according to a statement.
