ALBAWABA - Smoke took over the skies of Khartoum earlier on Sunday, as fighting renews after the 24-hour truce agreed on between two Generals Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, also known as Hemedti.
On Friday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry announced on Twitter that "representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a 24-hour countrywide ceasefire beginning on June 10 at 6:00 a.m. Khartoum time."
Due to earlier truce agreements being routinely breached by both sides of the war, Khartoum residents cautiously welcomed the 24-hour ceasefire. Before the fighting started up again, locals were spotted hurrying to the marketplaces in Khartoum to stock up on food and necessities.
"The truce is a chance for us to get some food supplies after we lived on rationed quantities in recent days," said one of the shoppers, Mohamad Radwan, The New Arab reported.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 5,000 people have been injured in clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and RSF across the nation, and the death toll has surpassed the 900-victim threshold.
Both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary RSF have announced their commitment to uphold the recent cease-fire, which they said will be of help to humanitarian aid efforts, however, both parties warned of breaches committed by their rival.
Since the war broke out in April, approximately the number of displaced people has exceeded 1.9 million, with around 200,000 have crossed the borders to neighboring countries like Egypt.
