The Sudanese army has expressed its willingness to extend a three-day ceasefire that is due to expire on Thursday, as diplomats step up talks to end the fighting between forces loyal to rival military generals.
The outbreak of violence has left more than 400 people dead and forced tens of thousands to flee the country.
The East African regional bloc, IGAD, wants the current US-brokered truce, which has been undermined by ongoing clashes, to be extended for a further three days.
The Sudanese army said late on Wednesday that it had agreed on the idea of sending a delegate to Juba in neighbouring South Sudan to discuss the plan with the Rapid Support Forces.
But the RSF have not immediately responded to the proposal.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke to the African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat about a collaboration “to create a sustainable cessation of hostilities and end the fighting".
The UN envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, has said he's deeply concerned about reports of fighting, looting and attacks on civilians in Sudan's West Darfur region.
