Sudan warring parties agree 'in principle' to 7-day truce: South Sudan govt

KHARTOUM - Warring generals in Sudan have agreed "in principle" to a seven-day ceasefire, the government of neighbouring South Sudan said Tuesday, after regional envoys denounced repeated violations of previous truces.

The two generals have agreed to truces -- the latest one on Sunday -- yet "continue fighting and shelling the city", said Ismail Wais, of the northeast African bloc IGAD which includes Sudan and South Sudan."Our priority today is to have the ceasefire prolonged and respected, then to ensure humanitarian assistance," African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat said, opening the meeting.

Kenyan President William Ruto said earlier that the conflict had reached "catastrophic levels" and finding ways to provide humanitarian relief "with or without a ceasefire" was imperative. Blood appeared to stain the floor of the crowded facility where patients, one who seemed to grimace in pain with blood on his shirt, lay or sat on cots.

Munira Edwin turned to the project when her brother Babiker disappeared on the first day of fighting. Mafqud called her back nearly two weeks later.It was too late on Monday, as well, for the victim who several men carried into a Khartoum hospital, covered in a grey cloth after a van was riddled with bullets. The back seat was soaked in blood. Luggage rested on the roof, as if the passengers had been trying to flee.

Burhan's envoy, Dafaallah al-Haj, was in Cairo where he met senior Egyptian and Arab League officials.

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