No truce still for Sudan's warring sides

By Agence France-Presse

May 13, 2023 12:12 am

(UPDATE) WASHINGTON: Sudan's warring parties signed a commitment late Thursday (Friday in Manila) to humanitarian principles in their spiraling conflict but did not yet reach a ceasefire in talks described by US diplomats as difficult.

Representatives of the army and paramilitary forces, whose nearly one month of fighting has killed more than 750 people and displaced thousands, signed the agreement as they kept negotiating in the Saudi city of Jeddah.

NO ARMISTICE Smoke billows in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals, on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Almost a month of heavy fighting has turned Khartoum into a war zone, with the city's five million residents enduring artillery barrages, gunfights, air strikes and anti-aircraft fire. AFP PHOTO

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