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Sudan's warring generals agree to meet for possible cease-fire

Sudan's Army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan speaks in Khartoum, Sudan, December 5, 2022. [AP photo]

Sudan's warring generals agreed to hold a face-to-face meeting as part of efforts to establish a cease-fire and initiate political talks to end the country's devastating war, an African regional bloc said Sunday.

Sudan slipped into chaos after soaring tensions between military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, exploded into open fighting in mid-April in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere across the country.

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