Sudan army-backed council to meet on US truce proposal

Sudan's army-backed security and defense council is set to meet Tuesday to consider a U.S.-backed truce proposal, a government source told AFP, just over a week after paramilitaries overran the key city of El-Fasher.

"The Security and Defense Council will hold a meeting today to discuss the U.S. truce proposal," the source said on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief the media.