THE latest ceasefire aimed at ending the devastating conflict in Sudan appears to be largely holding in the capital and two adjacent cities.
For the first time in more than five weeks there appears to be relative peace, residents say.
But there have been some breaches of the truce in Khartoum, and across the River Nile in Bahri and Omdurman.
The military carried out air strikes minutes after the ceasefire came into force on Monday evening.
The air strikes, targeting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have since stopped.
However, sporadic artillery fire could still be heard in Khartoum, residents told AFP news agency.
The RSF controls much of Khartoum and the two other cities that make up Sudan’s greater capital.
The situation is also relatively calm in El Geneina and Nyala, two cities in the Darfur region which have also been badly affected by the conflict, AFP quotes witnesses as saying.
