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Sudanese army agrees to extend truce for a week

May 3, 2023

The SAF statement read:

As part of IGAD’s initiative to deal with the current crisis in the country, the organization has submitted a new proposal represented as follows: extend the current truce for one week and appoint a representative from each side to discuss the truce with the High Level Mechanism made up of the Presidents of the Republic of South Sudan, Kenya and Djibouti, on the That this dialogue takes place in any country agreed with the mechanism. The armed forces express their approval of the proposal based on the principle of African solutions to the problems of the continent and taking into account the humanitarian aspects of our citizens, in view of the ongoing US-Saudi initiative. We hope that the RSF will respect the demands of the proposed truce.

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Arab Desk

Arab Desk

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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