Fighting erupted between SAF and RSF on April 15 and has killed at least 427 people, knocked out hospitals and other services, and turned residential areas into war zones.
Mr Blinken said the US would create a committee to oversee work on a permanent ceasefire and humanitarian arrangements.
The RSF confirmed in Khartoum that it had agreed to the ceasefire, to facilitate humanitarian efforts.A military vehicle and soldiers said to be from the Sudanese Armed Forces are seen on a street in Khartoum. Dark smoke enveloped the sky near the international airport in central Khartoum, adjacent to army headquarters, and booms of artillery fire rattled the surroundings.
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