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JUBA — The warring parties in Sudan have agreed to a seven-day truce starting May 4, in a phone conversation with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, the foreign ministry in Juba said Tuesday, raising hopes of an end to weeks of bloodshed.Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and his deputy turned rival, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support
Sudan warring parties agree 'in principle' to 7-day truce: S. Sudan govt
More than 430,000 people have already been forced to flee their homes, the United Nations said.
Darfur is still scarred by a war that erupted in 2003 when then-strongman Omar al-Bashir unleashed the Janjaweed militia, mainly recruited from Arab pastoralist tribes, against ethnic minority rebels.
As fighting raged in Sudan's capital, Ayman Abu Arki and his uncle Hossam went out "to go buy some water" for the family, but then stopped answering their phones.