Khartoum: In a potentially significant development in Sudan’s protracted internal conflict, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a powerful paramilitary group, announced on Thursday that it has accepted a humanitarian ceasefire proposal put forward by the United States. The move aims to alleviate the severe suffering faced by civilians caught in the crossfire between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), whose relationship collapsed in April 2023 over disagreements concerning the integration of military forces under the transitional government.

The ceasefire proposal, framed as a temporary humanitarian pause, is intended to allow safe passage for aid agencies and relief workers to deliver much-needed food, medical supplies, and other essentials to civilians in besieged regions. Sudan’

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