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Sudan’s Warring Generals Near Deal Allowing Crucial Aid to Flow

  • Talks in Jeddah near deal on aid access to Khartoum: officials
  • UN head in Sudan say both generals cognizant of no quick win
Aid supplies loaded on to a military plane bound for Port Sudan, at Abu Dhabi International Airport on May 10.

Aid supplies loaded on to a military plane bound for Port Sudan, at Abu Dhabi International Airport on May 10.

Photographer: Mohamad Ali Harissi/AFP/Getty Images

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Sudan’s warring generals are close to signing a joint declaration that would allow for humanitarian access to the nation’s capital, with African Union troops potentially being deployed to secure the airport, senior AU and United Nations officials said.

The agreement, being hashed out in Saudi Arabia between representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, is in its final stages and may provide a framework for aid to be flown into Khartoum, where the two sides have been at war for almost a month. At least 570 people have died, according to the World Health Organization, while more than 5,000 more have been injured.