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Week-long ceasefire begins in Sudan amid uncertainty

Residents reported air strikes in the greater capital [AFP]

A week-long ceasefire period agreed by Sudan’s warring factions and designed to allow for the delivery of aid has begun after the army conducted heavy air strikes across the capital Khartoum against its paramilitary rivals.

The ceasefire, which was agreed to on Saturday after five weeks of fierce battles between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), was due to take effect at 9:45pm (19:45 GMT) on Monday.

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