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Sudan’s military, RSF agree ceasefire extension

The conflict has turned the capital, Khartoum, and other urban areas into battlefields [Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters]

Sudan’s warring sides have agreed to extend a shaky ceasefire in their battle for control of the country, after two key international mediators signaled impatience with persistent truce violations.

The five-day extension of the ceasefire between Sudan’s military and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), was announced in a joint statement late on Monday by Saudi Arabia and the United States.

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