African mediators claim progress in mediation efforts to end Sudan's war

FILE PHOTO: A general view of refugee tents in the Metche Sudanese refugee camp, Chad, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo

CAIRO (Reuters) - An African regional body involved in efforts to mediate over the war in Sudan says it has secured a commitment from warring parties to implement a ceasefire and to hold a political dialogue aimed at resolving the conflict.

There was no immediate comment from Sudan's army or the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been locked since mid-April in a conflict that has devastated the capital Khartoum and triggered waves of ethnic killings in Darfur despite several diplomatic efforts to halt the fighting.