Sudan’s army has expressed willingness to extend the
three-day ceasefire for another 72 hours, which was due to expire late on
Thursday.
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the Sudanese army general,
said on Wednesday that it gave initial approval to a plan to extend the truce
for another 72 hours. Sudan’s army said that the leader also agreed to send an
army envoy to South Sudan for talks.
On Monday, the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support
Forces in Sudan agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire. The three-day ceasefire came
into effect on Tuesday. It is due to expire late on Thursday.
The United States brokered the ceasefire between the two
rivals. Antony Blinken, United States
Secretary of State, lauded the ceasefire. It came after 10 days of intense
fighting between the two groups.
The Sudanese military said that the presidents of South
Sudan, Kenya and Djibouti were working on a proposal to extend the ceasefire
and talks between the two groups in Sudan. The Intergovernmental Authority on
Development (IGAD), an eight-country trade bloc in the African continent, sent
the proposal to extend the ceasefire. Rapid Support Forces (RSF) did not respond
to the proposal. However, the Sudanese army expressed an initial approval of
the proposal.
The Sudanese army said in a statement, “Burhan thanked the
IGAD and expressed an initial approval to that.”
Antony Blinken and African Union Commission chairperson
Moussa Faki Mahamat also discussed the ways to end the conflict in Sudan. The
US state department said in a statement on Wednesday that they would create a
sustainable end to the fighting.
The fighting erupted on April 15. It killed at least 512
people, injured nearly 4,200 people and destroyed infrastructure. Many people
also fled Sudan due to the recent fighting.
Many countries also launched emergency missions to help
people in Sudan.
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