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Air strikes and clashes between Sudan's warring factions could be heard in the capital Khartoum on Sunday with a Saudi Arabia and US-brokered ceasefire due to come into effect on Monday evening.

Air strikes and clashes between Sudan's warring factions could be heard in the capital Khartoum on Sunday, residents said, after a Saudi and U.S.-brokered deal for a week-long ceasefire raised hopes of a pause in the five-week conflict.

Truce will come into effect 48 hours after signing of agreement and is to be enforced by the US and Saudi Arabia.

After repeated false starts and failed attempts to achieve a ceasefire, Sudan's rival factions have agreed on a temporary truce.

The Sudanese army and rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces sign an agreement for a seven-day ceasefire, as fighting that trapped civilians in a humanitarian crisis and displaced more than a million enters its sixth week.

Sources from both sides are indicating Sudan's warring factions have signed a new deal for a seven-day ceasefire.

Southern Omdurman and Khartoum North hit by artillery as sporadic gunfire reverberates, witnesses say.

The mortal remains of an Indian national named, Albert Augustine, who died after being hit by a stray bullet during violence in Sudan, were brought to India on May 19

Many Africans escaping the conflict in Sudan that erupted with little warning last month faced a long wait to get out and severe challenges on the way as their governments struggled to mobilize resources

Sudan's warring factions signed an agreement late on Saturday for a seven-day ceasefire as fighting that has plunged the country into chaos and displaced more than a million entered its sixth week.

While attention has focused on the conflict in Khartoum, an uptick in violence in el-Geneina is terrifying residents.