Sudan begins a cease-fire ahead of a pledging conference to raise funds for humanitarian assistance

Sudan begins a cease-fire ahead of a pledging conference to raise funds for humanitarian assistance

FILE - People prepare food in a Khrtoum neighborhood on June 16, 2023. Sudan’s warring parties began a cease-fire Sunday morning, June 18, 2023, after two months of fighting pushed the African nation into chaos. (AP Photo, File)

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s warring parties began a cease-fire Sunday morning after two months of fighting pushed the African nation into chaos.

Residents in the capital, Khartoum, and its neighboring city of Omdurman reported “relative calm” in the first hours of the cease-fire Sunday morning, after fierce clashes were reported the previous day.