President Donald Trump’s global rollercoaster of peace movements — led by him and his team to end wars around the world — is now gaining speed in Sudan, where a 30-month war has left tens of thousands dead and driven some 14 million people from their homes.
Talks to end fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, led by General Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo Musa, known as Hemedti, and the Khartoum government’s Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), controlled by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, began during the Biden administration but made no progress. They have since accelerated under President Trump, with the US forming a so-called international Quad with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in September.
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Sudanese who fled the town of el-Fasher after paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed hundreds of people in the western region of Darfur are gathering at a camp in Tawila, Sudan. (AP Photo/Muhnnad Adam)
Since this weekend, the pace of peace talks has become positively hectic. White House Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos, fresh from brokering a ceasefire in the 30-year war between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, held talks with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in Cairo on Sunday.
On Monday, Boulos met with the Arab League, with the league saying Trump’s envoy had briefed them on U.S. efforts to “stop the war, accelerate relief efforts and initiate a political process.”
The Sudan Tribune then quoted Boulos as saying later on Monday: “Both sides have agreed in principle, and we have not received any initial objection from either side. We are now focusing on the fine details.”
But the two sides are still fighting. On Tuesday, Sudanese Defense Minister Hassan Kabroun spoke to the country’s state television after a government council meeting in Khartoum, saying: “We thank the Trump administration for its efforts and proposals to achieve peace,” but added: “The preparations for the struggle of the Sudanese people are ongoing. Our preparations for war are a legitimate national right.”
Massad Boulos, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, November 3, 2025. (Amr Nabil/AP Photo)
Also on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters: “The United States is actively engaged in efforts to find a peaceful solution to the terrible conflict in Sudan. We remain committed to working with our international partners, including Quad members – Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE – and others, to lead a negotiated peace process that addresses both the immediate humanitarian crisis and longer-term political challenges.”
Leavitt continued, “I spoke to Secretary Rubio about this this morning, because obviously there’s been some kind of uptick in the recent reporting on this issue. And he assured me that the administration is very committed. We’re in fairly frequent contact with the Arab partners that I just mentioned. And we want this conflict to come to a peaceful end, just as we have with so many others. But the reality is, it’s a very complicated situation on the ground, right? right now.”
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Fighters from the Sudan Liberation Movement, a Sudanese rebel group active in Darfur state and backing army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, attend a graduation ceremony in the southeastern state of Gedaref on March 28, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)
Analysts say that last week’s fall of the Sudanese town of El-Fasher, and with it the Darfur region, by RSF fighters, effectively splitting the country in two, may have spurred all sides into action. “The RSF’s full control over the Darfur region could have dangerous and worrying consequences in the future in terms of distribution,” Boulos told Al Jazeera.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan on Tuesday. Guterres said on the sidelines of a conference in Qatar that the war was “getting out of control.”
The human costs are enormous. On Monday, the UN reported that “more than 21 million people across Sudan face high levels of acute food insecurity – the largest such crisis in the world.” The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) shows that famine continues in the now captured El-Fasher and in Kadugli, South Kordofan, with families trapped and surviving on leaves, animal feed and grass.
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Yale researchers document evidence of atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher using satellite images. (Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Laboratory / @Airbus DS 2025)
The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab released satellite images taken over El-Fasher last week. It said on Tuesday: “Evidence of body removal activities includes at least two earth disturbances consistent with mass graves at a mosque and the former children’s hospital; there is one new case of removal of objects consistent with bodies. This activity appears consistent with RSF clearing the alleged mass atrocities.”
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Sources say intensive negotiations led by the US team are continuing. Details of the offer have not yet been announced, but it is believed that an agreement would start with a three-month humanitarian ceasefire to allow the delivery of aid, followed by a permanent ceasefire and a civilian-led transition.
