"Pre-negotiation talks" are due to begin in Jeddah over the conflict in Sudan. The meeting will take place, according to Saudi Arabia, in the presence of "representatives of the Sudanese armed forces" On the ground, the fighting, which is entering its fourth week, has left some 700 dead.
Between 2 and 2.5 million more people could be acutely malnourished within six months if fighting continues, the UN says. The new truce, which came into force on Thursday, May 4, did not hold, like the previous ones.