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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Sullivan (now); Danya Hajjaji, Gloria Oladipo and Harry Taylor (earlier)

Sudanese Armed Forces and RSF agree to ceasefire starting at midnight – as it happened

UN staff are evacuated from Port Sudan.
UN staff are evacuated from Port Sudan. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

We are ending our live coverage of the Sudan ceasefire now. You can read our latest story from Sudan here:

Although we had heard from Blinken that the Sudanese Armed Forces had agreed to the ceasefire, Sudan’s army has now confirmed the agreement on Facebook.

Sudan’s army agreed to a 72-hour truce mediated by the US and Saudi Arabia that will start at midnight on 25 April, the army said in statement on its Facebook page on Tuesday.

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