Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has agreed to a proposal from the United States and Arab powers for a humanitarian ceasefire and is open to talks on a cessation of hostilities, it said in a statement.

Both the RSF and the Sudanese army have agreed to various ceasefire proposals during their two-and-a-half-year-old war, though none have succeeded. US President Donald Trump's administration has said it was working towards ending fighting in Sudan.

The announcement, which the Sudanese army did not immediately respond to, comes less than two weeks after the RSF took over the famine-stricken city of al-Fashir, consolidating its control over the vast, western region of Darfur.

"The Rapid Support Forces also looks forward to implementing the agreement and immediately commencing discu

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