Sudan fighters agree 72-hour ceasefire as Britain scrambles to evacuate its citizens
The US secretary of state Antony Blinken said it would give Sudan's armed forces and the opposing militia, the Rapid Support Forces, a chance to talk.
"To support a durable end to the fighting, the United States will coordinate with regional and international partners, and Sudanese civilian stakeholders, to assist in the creation of a committee to oversee the negotiation, conclusion, and implementation of a permanent cessation of hostilities and humanitarian arrangements in Sudan.
The British troops landed at Port Sudan, on the Red Sea, on Monday, with flight-tracking websites showing a C-17 transport aircraft heading toward the African country. However, any decision to attempt new evacuations is dependant on the level of risk the government is willing to accept.4,000 British citizens remain in Sudan despite British special forces carrying out a dramatic night-time rescue of British diplomats and their families over the weekend.
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