Posted on 04/18/2023 9:13:40 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A 24-hour cease-fire reportedly reached between Sudan's rival generals went into effect on Tuesday, but fighting continued in the capital and it was unclear whether it would hold.
"The fighting remains underway," Atiya Abdulla Atiya of the Sudan Doctors' Syndicate told The Associated Press. "We are hearing constant gunfire."
The truce between Sudan's military and a paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces came into effect at 6 p.m. local time on the fourth day of heavy fighting. The RSF immediately accused the military of violating the cease-fire, while there was no comment from the army.
The two sides had continued fighting each other in the streets of Khartoum throughout the day, underscoring the fragility of efforts to bring even a pause in the intensifying violence that has raised the specter of civil war in Africa's third largest nation.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailyherald.com ...
The U.S. State Department is reporting that a Convoy of U.S. and European Diplomats was Fired-Upon near the Sudanese Capital of Khartoum by Elements belonging to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) earlier today; No Diplomats were Injured in the Attack.
- Twitter link: https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1648182563486199808
[ SUDAN CIVIL WAR ] RAPID SUPPORT FORCE (RSF) ATTACKS UN, US & EU - on top of Sudan Armed Forces - Defense Politics Asia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2l-20lewns
Interesting; tx.
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