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Sudan ceasefire extended through to Saturday:The Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces have agreed to extend the temporary ceasefire, Saudi Arabia and the US — who are mediating peace talks between the warring sides — announced in a joint statement yesterday. The week-long truce was due to expire on Monday evening but will now extend another five days, giving more time for humanitarian organizations to provide aid to civilians trapped amid the fighting, the countries said.
The ceasefire hasn’t put a stop to the fighting: There was an intensification of clashes between the two sides and airstrikes in Khartoum yesterday, witnesses told Reuters. Low-level fighting has persisted in the capital for much of the ceasefire period, while other provisions of the agreement — including aid distribution, the removal of soldiers from hospitals and the restoration of essential services — have not been “fully achieved,” Saudi Arabia and the US said.
Around 164k Sudanese people have fled to Egypt since the conflict began more than six weeks ago,Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid said yesterday. The war has seen more than 280k people cross into neighboring countries to escape the fighting.
The number could rise significantly: The war could push around 1 mn people to leave the country by October, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said during an interview yesterday. The UN is expecting around 800k Sudanese people and 200k foreigners to flee Sudan over the coming five months. “This projection, that in the next few months we’ll reach these high figures, may even be conservative … At the beginning I didn’t believe it would be, but now I’m beginning to be worried,” he said.
Grandi holds talks with El Sisi: During a meeting with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi yesterday, Grandi expressed the UN’s appreciation for Egypt’s efforts hosting a large number of refugees, according to an Ittihadiya statement. Grandi stressed the need for the international community and donors to help refugee-hosting nations.
We’re getting USD 114 mn from the UN, Grandi said during a presser yesterday. The funding is part of a larger USD 470 mn raised to Sudan’s neighboring currenting hosting large numbers of refugees.
