{"id":586007,"date":"2023-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/03\/sudanese-army-rsf-agree-to-a-7-day-ceasefire-egypt-steps-up-diplomatic-efforts\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T00:00:00","slug":"sudanese-army-rsf-agree-to-a-7-day-ceasefire-egypt-steps-up-diplomatic-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/03\/sudanese-army-rsf-agree-to-a-7-day-ceasefire-egypt-steps-up-diplomatic-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudanese Army, RSF agree to a 7-day ceasefire + Egypt steps up diplomatic efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Warring Sudan factions to enter a weeklong truce + peace talks are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">on the table: <\/span><span>The <\/span><span>Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to a seven-day ceasefire starting tomorrow through to Thursday, 11 May, the South Sudanese government said in a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthSudanGov\/status\/1653468667118514177?s=20\" style=\"\">statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">yesterday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Previous ceasefires failed to hold: <\/span><span style=\"\">Ceasefires have ostensibly been in place since <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/94c0938e-85d0-4491-b3e6-5e6eabe47889\" style=\"\">25 April<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">but the fighting hasn\u2019t stopped for a single day since the conflict started almost three weeks ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Could peace talks actually be happening? <\/span><span style=\"\">The two sides have agreed to name <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">representatives to take part in peace talks \u201cto be held at an agreed venue of their choice,\u201d the statement said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Military reiterates that things are stable:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The \u201coperational situation is stable throughout the <\/span><span style=\"\">country apart from sporadic clashes with rebel militia,\u201d the armed forces said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sudanese.armed.forces\/posts\/pfbid021XBBzH6J1rSM1tCPWyFTcrkGU4di5YzbfRsZqKMXxaW2gnzqVooZrzTjotZ5ySCul\" style=\"\">a statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">But the RSF claims to have taken control of most of Khartoum:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The paramilitary group <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSFSudan\/status\/1653515747518185472?s=20\" style=\"\">said<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSFSudan\/status\/1653515747518185472?s=20\" style=\"\">yesterday<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> that it was in control of 90% of Khartoum state, a claim that has not been independently verified.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The extended ceasefire came on the same day as talks in Cairo: <\/span><span style=\"\">Foreign Minister Sameh <\/span><span>Shoukry yesterday held talks in Cairo with an envoy of Sudan\u2019s de facto leader, Gen. Abdel <\/span><span>Fattah Al Burhan, the Foreign Ministry said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MFAEgypt\/posts\/pfbid02vMHTLXh1HA4pBrYE55H2sKsrvgqaDGMChk8JojM2FTAgaobKSZwAp2C4Kf5hKwWKl\" style=\"\">a statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. Shoukry called for both sides to commit to a ceasefire and the start of negotiations, the ministry said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Calls with US + EU chief diplomats: <\/span><span style=\"\">Shoukry yesterday discussed bringing an end to the <\/span><span>fighting with US Secretary of State <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MFAEgypt\/posts\/pfbid0ySAuqir1NzhDUncmfTgEuNnVt8WHgPBKWPBo7jYx4Z9eVCR2z2umAMwsEYgMK3kUl\" style=\"\">Antony Blinken<\/a><\/span><span> and the EU\u2019s foreign policy chief, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MFAEgypt\/posts\/pfbid02juphdhoNZRS2RRnFonPJQaxfni1inzjphh4HAjkcrrZ2CAurfZjs99NWN4qS2WrSl\" style=\"\">Josep Borrell<\/a><\/span><span>. Blinken told Shoukry that the US is ready to provide support to help Egypt handle the influx of refugees. Meanwhile, <\/span><span style=\"\">El Sisi discussed bringing about a ceasefire with his <\/span><span>Kenyan counterpart William Ruto, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Egy.Pres.Spokesman\/posts\/pfbid02WD6pxtbQpABb2MtL2SpRfov3e432kgRQPnB9Pw3cJtapmPj6dSpzTaxoDB7Uks35l\" style=\"\">Ittihadiya<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Death toll rises: <\/span><span style=\"\">The civil war has killed at least 550 people and injured around 5k others as of <\/span><span style=\"\">1 May, the Sudanese <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FMOH.SUDAN\/posts\/pfbid037gWb4BgiCtNHKUUpKpqRWskziZdeAo9QBRWHW7XLypjWPvuMmJYr1QTxxFtpXvjnl\" style=\"\">Health Ministry said<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">. It has become more difficult for those suffering injuries to seek the necessary medical aid, with airstrikes hitting the country\u2019s hospitals, the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/02\/khartoum-hospitals-being-hit-as-sudan-fighting-intensifies\" style=\"\">Guardian reported<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The war has so far made refugees out of some 100k Sudanese people <\/span><span style=\"\">who have fled to <\/span><span style=\"\">Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and the Central African Republic, according to the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2023\/05\/1136292#:~:text=More%20than%20100%2C000%20people%20have,were%20themselves%20refugees%20in%20Sudan.\" style=\"\">latest figures<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> from the UN. Egypt has taken in around 20% of Sudan\u2019s refugees, with latest unofficial reports putting the number between <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MH-eq98_XdE\" style=\"\">20k<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3HAjwPo\" style=\"\">25k<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Some 330k people have been internally displaced since the fighting erupted, the UN said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">EL SISI ON SUDAN-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">President Abdel Fattah El Sisi gave a rare <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">interview to a foreign journalist<\/span><span> coinciding with <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/dbf1a575-7088-4942-9f30-c778533dba54\" style=\"\">the visit<\/a><\/span><span> of Japan\u2019s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, earlier this week. In his conversation with <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/14898341#:~:text=CAIRO--Egyptian%20President%20Abdel,his%20nation%20would%20not%20intervene.\" style=\"\">Ashahi Shimbun<\/a><\/span><span>, the president discussed his government\u2019s response to the conflict in Sudan and the ongoing diplomatic realignment in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Egypt is struggling with refugees: <\/span><span style=\"\">\u201cMany Sudanese are fleeing to Egypt and we are facing <\/span><span style=\"\">challenges,\u201d the president said, noting that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Egypt has received 8-9 mn people from Libya, Syria and Yemen<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> in recent years. \u201cIf we were to accept even more Sudanese, Egypt will definitely feel the effects.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">A non-interference policy: <\/span><span style=\"\">\u201cWe will not interfere in the domestic politics of other nations <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">because we do not want to further complicate the situation,\u201d he said, adding that Egypt will provide support for dialogue between the warring parties, establish a temporary civilian government, and hold elections. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">An Egyptian-Japanese mediated ceasefire? <\/span><span style=\"\">El Sisi said he was open to working with Japan <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">to mediate a ceasefire in Sudan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">SUDAN = THE CONVERSATION ON EGYPT<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The conversation on Egypt in the international press is dominated by the situation in Sudan <\/span><span style=\"\">as refugees continue to flee to Egypt and other neighboring countries. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/sudanese-fleeing-north-face-arduous-crossing-into-egypt-2023-05-01\/\" style=\"\">Reuters<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> and the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-military-rsf-conflict-civilians-port-sudan-war-bd675f2ce360e7d40f4926c81057cdbf\" style=\"\">Associated Press<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> have more coverage of the struggles faced by those crossing the border \u2014 including limited <\/span><span style=\"\">access<\/span><span style=\"\"> to food and water, as well as high transportation costs. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudanese army and RSF agree to choose envoys for peace talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":586008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7264],"tags":[96,168,72,301],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-586007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war-watch","tag-abdel-fattah-el-sisi","tag-diplomacy","tag-enterpriseam","tag-sameh-shoukry","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"2fc72c82-c829-47f5-8c88-611d56bc6577","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/184.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Sudan\u2019s conflicting forces agree to weeklong truce","related_issue":[585999],"teaser":"Sudanese army and RSF agree to choose envoys for peace talks","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/5\/.64143e7a-d764-41e9-824a-e35d50b76df4.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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