Sudan military faction chiefs agree 4 – 11 May truce in principle
02 May 2023; MEMO: Sudan's warring military factions agreed, on Tuesday, in principle to a seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, South Sudan announced, as more air strikes and shooting in the Khartoum region disrupted the latest short-term truce, Reuters reports.
A statement released by the Foreign Ministry of South Sudan, which had offered to mediate in the conflict, said its President, Salva Kiir, stressed the importance of a longer truce and of naming envoys to peace talks, to which both sides had agreed.