Sudan army withdraws from truce talks – sources
According to Sudanese officials, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of regularly breaking past cease-fire agreements, and as a result, the army has terminated cease-fire negotiations with them.
An anonymous government official told the AFP news agency that the army made the decision "because the rebels have repeatedly violated the truce and have never implemented a single one of the provisions of a short-term ceasefire which required their withdrawal from hospitals and residential buildings".
The army's departure from the tenuous ceasefire negotiations, which are intended to allow for humanitarian access, was also disclosed to the Reuters news agency by a Sudanese diplomatic source.
The army and the RSF have not made any public remarks regarding the aforementioned retreat.
The army and the RSF have agreed to prolong a humanitarian ceasefire by five days, according to statements made on Monday by American and Saudi Arabian mediators.
However, fighting persisted throughout Sudan, notably in Khartoum, the country's capital, where the RSF claimed its positions had been attacked.
The RSF invasion on El-Obeid, the capital city, was reportedly defeated by the army.