Sudan's rival top generals accepted a 72-hour extension of fragile truce late Thursday. The agreement, brokered by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, has not stopped the fighting but created enough of a lull for tens of thousands of Sudanese to flee.
In this handout image provided by the UK Ministry of Defence, on Thursday, April 27, 2023, Violinist Othmano, right, hugs his daughter before boarding an RAF C-130, that will take them to Cyprus, at Wadi Seidna military airport, 22 kilometres north of Khartoum, Sudan.
CAIRO — Armed fighters rampaged through a city in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur on Thursday, battling each other and looting shops and homes, residents said. The violence came despite the extension of a fragile truce
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