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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Mark Townsend

Sudanese militia group accused of war crimes agrees to a ceasefire

Two women walk through a tented village and past a donkey cart transporting water
A camp for Sudanese who fled El Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A Sudanese paramilitary group accused of killing thousands of unarmed civilians in an ethnically motivated massacre has agreed to a truce.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is facing mounting criticism over apparent war crimes committed by its fighters in the city of El Fasher last month, said it had agreed to a “humanitarian ceasefire” put forward by the quad countries of the US, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

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