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7-day cease-fire scheduled to start in Sudan

Man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardment in Khartoum North. [Reuters]

The United Nation's top envoy in Sudan on Monday welcomed a U.S.-Saudi brokered cease-fire that was about to go into effect, even as he warned that the Sudan conflict shows no sign of slowing down.

"This is a welcome development, though the fighting and troop movements have continued even today, despite the commitment of both sides not to pursue military advantage before the cease-fire takes effect," Volker Perthes told a meeting of the U.N. Security Council.

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