Egypt and South Sudan offer to mediate between Sudanese sides

Egypt and South Sudan on Sunday offered to mediate between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, as fighting rages in Khartoum and other areas across the country, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir, the two most influential direct neighbours to Sudan, in a phone call called on both sides in the power struggle to "choose the voice of reason (and) peaceful dialogue", the statement said.