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Although the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Force announced that they would extend the ceasefire for 72 hours from the 28th, there was still fighting in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, on the 29th.
The Sudanese Ministry of Health issued a statement on the same day, saying that the situation in other parts of Sudan is relatively stable except for the capital Khartoum and Western Darfur. The armed conflict in Sudan has so far killed at least 528 people and injured another 4,599, the statement said.
According to reports, on the 29th, the situation in many parts of Sudan eased, but fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Force around the presidential palace in Khartoum on the same day, and the Sudanese Armed Forces also launched air strikes on many positions of the Rapid Support Force. Both sides of the conflict accuse each other of violating previously agreed ceasefires.
In addition, according to Sudanese media reports on the 29th, the eastern Sudanese state of Gadarif declared a one-month state of emergency, prohibiting the transportation and storage of strategic materials in the state without the permission of the government. The Nile state in northern Sudan also declared a state of emergency that night. Due to recent tensions, Khartoum State announced an indefinite holiday starting April 30.
- Chairperson of the AU Commission: ready to go to Sudan to mediate
According to a report by Al Jazeera on the 29th, the chairman of the African Union Commission, Faki, said on the same day that the AU is cooperating with the international community to mediate on the armed conflict in Sudan. Faki said he was ready to travel to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, and hoped that both sides of the conflict in Sudan would create conditions for it.
- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations said the parties to the conflict were expected to negotiate
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Sudan said on the 29th that the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Force have become more open to negotiations, and both sides have nominated negotiators or will hold "some form of talks" in Saudi Arabia or South Sudan. Pertez said both sides of the conflict agree that the conflict cannot continue.
Senior Editor of this issue Zhou Yuhua