Sudan's warring parties agree in-principle to US truce proposal
Can peace return to Sudan after thousands killed in el-Fasher?
The US says the warring parties have agreed to a humanitarian truce
The secretary-general of the United Nations has described the latest wave of atrocities reportedly committed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s city of el-Fasher as “a nightmare of violence and a horrifying crisis”.
Thousands of people are believed to have been killed, and many more displaced, after the paramilitary group took over the army headquarters and other key installations in el-Fasher last month.
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The United States says that Sudan’s warring sides have agreed, in principle, to work towards a three-month humanitarian truce.
But with violence spreading to other areas beyond North Darfur, can Washington’s plan succeed?
Presenter:
Adrian Finighan
Guests:
Amgad Fareid – executive director, Fikra for Studies and Development
Mathilde Vu – advocacy manager for Sudan, Norwegian Refugee Council
Susan Page – former assistant of the US special envoy for Sudan