Sudan: warring sides agree to new ceasefire after fighting intensifies

Mediators from the US and Saudi Arabia broker pause after airstrikes on Khartoum kill 17 civilians including five children

Sudan's warring generals agreed to a new 72-hour truce to take place from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly airstrikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded from Darfur over the border into Chad.

Airstrikes killed 17 civilians, including five children, in the capital on Saturday, a citizens' group said, while medics in Chad reported hundreds of wounded from Darfur seeking treatment.