Fighting eases under truce

Saudi Arabia and the United States say the warring sides in Sudan’s conflict are adhering better to a new, week-long ceasefire following days of sporadic fighting. The truce, brokered by Riyadh and Washington, went into effect on Tuesday, but fighting continued in Sudan’s capital Khartoum and the western Darfur region. Khartoum residents reported only sporadic gunfire yesterday. The latest ceasefire is the seventh attempt at a truce, after the others were violated. The conflict has killed at least 863 civilians, including at least 190 children, according to the Sudanese Doctors’ Syndicate. The United Nations says that more than a million Sudanese have been internally displaced, while some 300,000 have fled to neighbouring countries.