Sudan’s rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a proposal from the United States and Arab countries for a humanitarian ceasefire, the group said in a statement on Thursday.
The RSF and the Sudanese army have been at war for two years and although they have agreed to various ceasefire proposals during that time, none have yet succeeded.
“In response to the aspirations and interests of the Sudanese people, the Rapid Support Forces affirms its agreement to enter into the humanitarian truce proposed by the Quad countries,” the RSF said in a statement, with the “Quad countries” referring to the United States, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
The announcement comes less than two weeks after the RSF took over the famine-stricken city of el-Fasher in the western region of Darfur.
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