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Sudan's paramilitary RSF announces 72-hour ceasefire ahead of Muslim holiday

Headline from Local News 8

By Jessie Yeung, CNN One of Sudan’s two warring factions has declared a 72-hour truce after nearly a week of fierce fighting, which has left more than 330 people dead and pushed tens of thousands of refugees to flee the country.

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Reports & sources

8 articles, oldest first.

  1. Al Jazeera

    Fighting continues in Sudan hours after ceasefire was to begin (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The regular army and rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) accused each other of failing to respect the truce.

  2. Al Jazeera

    Sudan: RSF promotes 24-hour ceasefire; Army says none discussed (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Sudan sees a fourth day of unrest as US convoy attacked and RSF claims to fight for ‘the rights of our people’.

  3. CNN

    Sudan's paramilitary RSF announces 72-hour ceasefire ahead of Muslim holiday, but fighting continues (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    One of Sudan's two warring factions has declared a 72-hour truce after nearly a week of fierce fighting, which has left more than 400 people dead and pushed tens of thousands of refugees to flee the country.

  4. Local News 8

    Sudan's paramilitary RSF announces 72-hour ceasefire ahead of Muslim holiday (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Jessie Yeung, CNN One of Sudan’s two warring factions has declared a 72-hour truce after nearly a week of fierce fighting, which has left more than 330 people dead and pushed tens of thousands of refugees to flee the country.

  5. France 24

    Sudan's paramilitary RSF agrees to 72-hour ceasefire over Eid Al-Fitr holiday (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it had agreed to a 72-hour truce on humanitarian grounds, effective from 6 a.m. local time on Friday, offering a potential respite from a six-day…

  6. Deutsche Welle

    Sudan paramilitary forces agree to 72-hour Eid truce – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    At least 350 people have died and thousands have been wounded since fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF erupted on the weekend.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Sudan’s RSF announces 72-hour ceasefire amid Khartoum fighting (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    World leaders have been calling on Sudan’s warring factions to call a ceasefire for Eid al-Fitr which starts on Friday.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.