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The five-day extension of the cease-fire between Sudan’s military and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, was announced in a joint statement late Monday by Saudi Arabia and the United States

In a joint statement early Sunday, the two countries called for an extension of the current truce, which expires at 9:45 p.m. local time Monday

Fighting between Sudan’s military and a rival militia killed at least 863 civilians in Sudan before a seven-day ceasefire began Monday night

According to the International Organization for Migration, 320,000 people have fled to Sudan’s neighboring countries of Egypt, South Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia, and the Central African Republic

The Secretary of State’s statement came as residents reported sporadic fighting on Tuesday between the warring sides in the capital of Khartoum and a northern city

The seven-day truce kicked in Monday night and Volker Perthes warned earlier that the growing ethnic dimension to the fighting risks engulfing the geographically strategic country into a prolonged conflict that threatens the region

The talks in Jeddah had previously produced an agreement between the two sides on protecting civilians and easing the flow of humanitarian assistance to those affected by the conflict

Senior officers from both the military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have described how each side accumulated power and shifted alliances, leading to the eruption of all fighting between them last month — two top generals fighting against each other

The extraction industry is growing and fueling the conflict between the country’s rival generals, as well as aiding Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. But much of it is being smuggled out, depriving the state of much-needed revenue

The latest figures state there have been 604 dead and more than 5,100 people wounded since the conflict started on April 15

Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are trying to tackle an alarming surge in tuberculosis, which is now killing more people worldwide than Covid-19 or AIDS

They are waiting to be evacuated from the chaos-stricken nation after more than two weeks of fighting has increasingly turned the country’s capital of Khartoum into a ghost town

Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman’s colleagues in Sudan and Mercy Hospital in Iowa City are mourning the loss of a man they see as a powerhouse doctor and humanitarian

The land evacuation came six days after U.S. special operations troops briefly flew to Khartoum to airlift out American staffers at the embassy and other U.S. government personnel from the east African country

Violence has pushed the capital to almost total collapse, but neighborhood groups that emerged during the country’s long struggle for democracy are filling the void left by the state and NGOs

While the U.S. has said it won’t conduct a large-scale military evacuation for Americans still in Sudan, it is considering how Navy ships or establishing an increased State Department presence at a key Sudanese sea port or across the sea in Saudi Arabia could help get people out

French military spokesperson Col. Pierre Gaudilliere said France evacuated more than 500 civilians from 40 different nations by plane over the weekend after securing the airbase north of Khartoum Saturday

So far, a series of short cease-fires the past week have either failed outright or brought only intermittent lulls in the fighting that has raged between the forces of the country’s two top generals since April 15

It’s feared that once foreign evacuations are finished, the two rival generals who are fighting for control could escalate their battle for power

About 100 U.S. troops in three MH-47 helicopters carried out the operation. They airlifted all of roughly 70 remaining American employees from a landing zone at the embassy to an undisclosed location in Ethiopia

The prospect has vexed officials as most major airports have become battlegrounds and movement out of the capital, Khartoum, has proven intensely dangerous

Experts warn of the possible intervention of rebel forces and foreign militias in an already unstable area. Fighting continues this Saturday near the presidential palace in Khartoum despite the truce proposed by the UN

An estimated 16,000 private U.S. citizens are registered with the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum as being in Sudan, where warring factions are in a violent conflict

The festivities are overshadowed in many parts of the region, like Sudan, Yemen and Indonesia by conflict and tragedy

The fighting, which began as the country attempted to transition to democracy, already has killed hundreds of people and left millions trapped in urban areas, sheltering from gunfire, explosions and looters

Airstrikes and shelling intensified on Monday in parts of the capital Khartoum and the adjoining city of Omdurman