United States working to secure a humanitarian truce in Sudan

The United States says it is working with both the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to secure a humanitarian truce.

This follows a sharp escalation in bloodshed in the conflict after RSF fighters captured the North Darfur region’s capital, al-Fashir, following an 18-month siege.

There have been widespread reports of atrocities committed against civilians and humanitarian aid workers in the city by the…