From NBC News: A paramilitary group accused of killing thousands of civilians in Sudan said Thursday it had agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire proposal from U.S.-led mediators.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been widely accused of carrying out atrocities during 18 months of fighting, said in a statement that it had accepted the truce “in order to address the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of the war and to enhance the protection of civilians.”
The ceasefire would “ensure the urgent delivery of humanitarian assistance to all Sudanese people,” the group added about the proposal put forward by a mediator group known as the Quad and made up of the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
A Sudanese military official told The Associated Press that the army would only agree to a truce that includes the RSF withdrawing from civilian areas and giving up weapons.
More than 40,000 people have been killed and another 14 million forced from their homes in the war, which started in April 2023.
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Horrifying images emerged last week amid the massive slaughters taking place in Sudan.
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