US President Donald Trump’s Africa envoy, Massad Boulos, on Saturday described the war in Sudan as “the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis,” telling AFP he hoped to see diplomatic progress towards peace.
Since its outbreak in April 2023, the conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced nearly 12 million.
At the end of October, the paramilitary group seized control of El-Fasher, concluding a bitter 18-month siege of the strategic hub in western Sudan’s Darfur region, which was marked by reports of mass killings and sexual violence.
“The conflict in Sudan, the humanitarian side of this conflict, is the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis today, and the world’s biggest humanitarian catastrophe.
“Especially what happened in El-Fasher in the last two or three weeks. We’ve all seen those videos. We’ve seen those reports. Those atrocities are absolutely unacceptable. This must stop very quickly,” Boulos told AFP in an interview in Doha.
Washington has urged the warring parties to finalise a truce in Sudan.
The country’s army-aligned government has indicated it will press on with the war following an internal meeting on a US ceasefire proposal.
While the RSF has said it agrees to the humanitarian truce presented by mediators, the paramilitary group has also continued its offensive.
Boulos said the US and its mediating partners in Sudan are calling on the two sides to agree to a “three-month humanitarian truce.”
“It’s being discussed and it’s being negotiated… we’re urging them to accept this proposal and implement it immediately, without delay,” he said.
In September, the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt jointly called for a humanitarian truce followed by a permanent ceasefire and a transition toward civilian rule—but suggested that no warring party should be part of that transition.
Boulos said the US hopes, with its partners, to “achieve some breakthrough in the coming weeks” on the larger plan, including a transition to a civilian-led government.
“The top priority right now remains the humanitarian aspect and the humanitarian truce,” he said.
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