Saudi Arabia and the United States announced Monday in a joint statement the extension for five days of a truce. The truce theoretically started a week ago but in reality never applied.
Families have been able to get out quickly to buy food or drink, for twice as much as before the war. Thousands more continue to hide in their homes, many without running water or electricity, for fear of stray bullets. The situation is worse in Darfur, a vast region on Chad's western border, already ravaged by war in the 2000s.