Sudan’s warring sides arrive in Saudi Arabia for talks as fighting rages on
by Jason Burke Africa correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6BGBV)
US and Riyadh confirm talks amid reports of more airstrikes and gun battles in Khartoum despite threat of sanctions
Sudan's rival factions have arrived in Saudi Arabia for direct talks, after three weeks of clashes in the capital, Khartoum, and the south-western region of Darfur that have killed at least hundreds and wounded many more.
Representatives of the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were in Jeddah on Saturday for pre-negotiation talks" aimed at establishing a durable ceasefire that would allow aid to reach millions of desperate civilians trapped by the fighting.
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