Both sides in the conflict confirmed their participation in talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the first since the crisis erupted. The two sides have made clear that they will only discuss a humanitarian truce and will not negotiate an end to the clashes.

Since the clashes erupted in mid-April, clashes have killed 700 people, injured thousands, disrupted aid supplies and fled 100,000 refugees. UN Secretary-General António Guterres discussed in Addis Ababa the developments of the crisis in Sudan.