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Sudan warring generals agree new truce after fighting intensifies

A satellite photo shows the burned-out market area of El Geneina in Sudan's West Darfur state.

KHARTOUM - Sudan's warring generals agreed a new 72-hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded from Darfur over the border into Chad.

Air strikes killed 17 civilians, including five children, in the capital Saturday, a citizens' group said, as medics in Chad reported hundreds of wounded from Darfur seeking treatment.

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