Sudan's warring factions signed an agreement late on Saturday for a seven-day ceasefire amid the fighting that has plunged the country into chaos and displaced more than a million, Reuters reported.
The ceasefire will take effect at 9:45 p.m. Khartoum time (1945 GMT) on Monday, the sponsors of the talks, the United States and Saudi Arabia, said in a joint statement.
Numerous previous ceasefire agreements were violated. However, this agreement will be enforced by a US-Saudi and international-supported monitoring mechanism, the statement said without providing details.
The agreement also calls for distributing humanitarian assistance, restoring essential services and withdrawing forces from hospitals and essential public facilities.
"It is past time to silence the guns and allow unhindered humanitarian access. I implore both sides to uphold this agreement — the eyes of the world are watching," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
The battles in Sudan erupted in Khartoum on April 15, after disagreements emerged between Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces RSF's Mohamed Hamdan "Hemedti" Dagalo over how Sudan should be run.
They both held top positions in Sudan's current military government, formed after the 2019 coup that ousted long-time leader Omar al-Bashir.
They were to merge their forces, but the RSF resisted the change, mobilizing its troops which escalated into full-scale fighting.
The conflict has displaced almost 1.1 million people internally and into neighboring countries. Some 705 people have been killed and at least 5,287 injured, according to the World Health Organization.