Sudan's army, RSF agree to 24-hour truce

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The Sudanese Armed Forces agreed to a truce for 24 hours on the condition that they ensure the arrest of the Rapid Support Forces(RSF), Al Arabiya reported on Tuesday, citing Sudanese army general Shems al-Din Kabbashi.

The ceasefire will start at 6 p.m. local time and will not extend beyond the agreed 24 hours, the army general said.

RSF leader general Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, said the RSF approved the 24-hour ceasefire to ensure the safe passage of civilians and the evacuation of the wounded.

The RSF also issued a statement saying it was waging a continuing battle to restore "the rights of our people" in what it called a new revolution.

The violent clashes renewed on Tuesday morning around the vicinity of the Sudanese army command and the presidential palace, Khartoum International Airport, and around some RSF bases south of the capital Khartoum, according to eyewitnesses.

Clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan have killed 185 people and wounded another 1,800 as of Monday, while showing no sign of abating.

Volker Perthes, head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, briefed the Security Council in a closed-door session on the latest situation of the conflict.

Meanwhile, the non-governmental Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said on Tuesday that the death toll of civilians in the continued clashes has jumped to 144.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on leaders of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF to immediately cease hostilities and begin a dialogue to resolve the crisis.

Sudan has been witnessing armed clashes between the Sudanese army and the RSF in Khartoum and other areas outside the capital since April 15, with the two sides accusing each other of initiating the conflict.

The tension between the two military forces has escalated since Wednesday in the Merowe region in northern Sudan, after the RSF moved military vehicles to a location near the military air base there, a move that the army considered illegal.

Deep differences have emerged between the Sudanese army and the RSF, particularly regarding the latter's integration into the army as stipulated in a framework agreement signed between military and civilian leaders on December 5, 2022.

(CGTN)