The warring sides in Sudan agreed to a nationwide ceasefire for 24 hours from 6 a.m. (07.00 Greek time) tomorrow Saturday, as reported in a joint statement by Saudi Arabia and the USA, which are mediating the talks.

Sudan’s regular army and paramilitaries Rapid Support Forces (RSF) they agreed to “refrain from prohibited movements, attacks, use of aircraft or drones, aerial bombardment, artillery strikes, reinforcement of positions and resupply of forces and refrain from securing a military advantage during the ceasefire,” the statement said.

If the sides fail to uphold the ceasefire, “mediators will be forced to consider halting the Jeddah talks,” according to the joint statement by the USA and her of Saudi Arabiareferring to negotiations aimed at ending the conflict that has been raging for almost two months in Sudan.

“We have offered both sides many opportunities to end this senseless war,” he tweeted Bureau of African Affairs of the US State Department.

“We call on both sides to honor the commitment they made today to a 24-hour ceasefire that will allow the Sudanese people to receive critical humanitarian aid.”

Both sides have violated a number of ceasefire agreements, although a recent ceasefire agreement has allowed limited amounts of humanitarian aid to pass through, according to aid groups.