truce, beginning thursday. this was the sudanese capital, khartoum, before the announcement was made. you can see smoke from the fighting across the skyline. on tuesday the african union held an emergency meeting on the conflict, bringing together african, arab, un and other representatives. several failed truces have been attempted since violence began in mid april. a 72 hour ceasefire extension announced on sunday was met with reports of more air strikes and gunfire. the bbc s paul adams is following the situation from nairobi. we know that there have been invitations out to the warring generals to send representatives for talks. the un was suggesting even yesterday that both sides had agreed to nominate representatives but we don t have a venue or a timetable, we don t have an agenda, so at the moment there is no sign of any kind of meaningful peace
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hours later, the army agreed to that 72 hour ceasefire. but even after the two fighting parties agreed on this 72 hour truce, there were reports of fighting. there was intense gun shootings and explosions and even air strikes heard in the capital, khartoum. although we heard on friday evening there were a decrease in the instances of the fighting, but it meant that the truce was being respected or being upheld entirely. find being respected or being upheld entirel . , ., entirely. and in terms of everyday entirely. and in terms of everyday life entirely. and in terms of everyday life kalkidan, l entirely. and in terms of. everyday life kalkidan, how entirely. and in terms of- everyday life kalkidan, how is it in terms of fighting? fighting appears to be sporadic. and the messages of truces are not necessarily to be trusted. how are people going about their businesses? their livelihoods? it’s going about their businesses? their livelihoods? their livelihoods? it s been a night
colleagues, running the country but they have had a significant disagreement. it has led to fighting in that built up area. millions of people now impacted. they can t move around the city, they can t get medical supplies, they need food, electricity, water, all have been cut off. particularly acute in medical facilities. cut off. particularly acute in medicalfacilities. a desperate situation. there was some hope of a truce, both sides said on friday that they would adhere to one but that they would adhere to one but that hasn t happened. that wasn t a big surprise, there have been truces, last weekend that didn t work. let s get the latest from our correspondent bbc africa s ferdinand omondi is following this story for us from nairobi. tell us about these foreign nationals potentially leaving. we
community stepping up its efforts to try to find some sort of an end to this violence and to bring together the two warring parties into some sort of negotiations, but we are not seeing any impact on that. even earlier today, as you were mentioning earlier, there was a meeting convened by the african union, by the un, the arab league, and other countries of influence like the united arab emirates, in which calls were made for a truce. but you know there isn t that strong sense of optimism that it could amount to something. because, as previously, there were instances in which 24 hour truces were made, and then there were quickly breached and there were quickly breached and the two warring parties were, you know, naming each otherfor that and we are also hearing that and we are also hearing that these gunfights are still continuing. so it seems that, you know, we are not seeing this these calls by the