Sudan Civil War -- News Updates April 25, 2023

 

Axios: Warring generals in Sudan agree to 72-hour cease-fire, Blinken says 

Secretary of State Tony Blinken announced on Monday that the Sudanese military and Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire beginning at midnight local time.  

The big picture: Previous attempts at a temporary cease-fire have failed. But there are hopes among the international community that if a truce can be implemented and holds, it can be the basis for negotiations for a permanent end to the fighting. 

Behind the scenes: The U.S. gave the two warring parties in Sudan a new proposal for a cease-fire plan on Sunday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the proposal. 

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Sudan Civil War -- News Updates April 25, 2023 

 Live: First UK evacuation flight from Sudan lands in Cyprus -- BBC 

Thousands desperately flee Sudan; WHO warns of 'biological risk' at seized lab. Live updates -- USA Today  

Sudan updates: Germany plans last evacuation flight -- DW 

Sudan live: UK preparing ‘many more’ evacuation flights as countries’ efforts to get citizens out gathers pace -- The Guardian  

Sudan fighting eclipses new truce as aid groups raise alarm -- AP  

Uneasy truce in Sudan enables more civilians to flee -- France 24  

Airstrikes threaten three-day truce in Sudan -- The Guardian  

Sudan truce begins after warring factions agree to 72-hour ceasefire -- ABC News Australia  

UK begins evacuating citizens from Sudan after Germany allows use of airfield -- The Guardian 

459 dead, 4,072 injured in Sudan conflict: WHO representative -- Anadolu Agency  

Sudan crisis: WHO warns of biological hazard at seized lab -- BBC  

U.S. facilitating land evacuation of private citizens in Sudan -- Politico  

US ‘confident’ of influence to bring down violence in Sudan -- Al Jazeera  

First images from Sudan evacuation emerge, as US pulls out all diplomatic staff -- FOX News  

Sudan evacuation: The painful dilemma facing Khartoum's residents - stay or go? -- BBC  

Sudan is at risk of unravelling from decades of injustice -- Azza Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Middle East Eye