The two sides in Sudan tonight signed a new extendable truce, while the US Secretary of State spoke by phone with Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Sources in the Saudi Foreign Ministry said that the two sides of the conflict in Sudan signed in Jeddah a seven-day humanitarian truce that can be extended.

According to these sources, an imminent statement will be issued "containing the details of the agreement on a humanitarian truce in Sudan" Both sides in the conflict have accused each other of violating several recent ceasefire agreements.