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For 24 hours.. Hemedti agrees to a humanitarian truce with the Sudanese army

April 18, 2023

Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo announced "Hemedti" The commander of the Rapid Support Forces agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian truce with the Sudanese army forces.

This comes after British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly made a joint statement with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the situation in Sudan, where the two sides expressed their deep concern about the ongoing fighting and violence, and the need to return to talks that would lead to a civilian government.

The US Secretary of State stated that he held consultations with his British counterpart on the situation in Sudan, and confirmed that the two countries had made close contacts with their partners in the Arab world, Africa and international organizations.

Blinken called for the need for the parties to the conflict to ensure the protection of Sudanese civilians and citizens of other countries, in addition to an immediate ceasefire and a return to promising talks that would put Sudan on the path of returning to a full transition to a civilian government.

For the fourth day in a row, fighting continued between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in the capital, Khartoum, and other areas, while international and regional parties are making unremitting efforts to urge the two sides to deviate from peace.

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The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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