The United States now considers securing a ceasefire in Sudan one of its highest foreign-policy priorities, a senior White House adviser has said, as President Donald Trump moves to place the war at the top of his agenda.
Mussaad Boulos, Trump’s chief adviser on Arab and African affairs, told Saudi-owned Al Hadath TV that the Sudan file has moved “to the forefront” of U.S. concerns, with the president personally pushing for an immediate halt to fighting that has raged for more than two and a half years.
Boulos said Washington has been working on the Sudan portfolio for some time, but that recent developments on the ground – including reports of grave abuses in El Fasher – had turned a ceasefire into an urgent priority for the administration.
He revealed that the U.S. had tabled a proposal about a month ago for a three-month humanitarian truce and expressed hope that Sudanese parties would accept it. The latest violations in El Fasher, he added, underline the severity of the humanitarian and military situation and the need for swift action to silence the guns.
According to Boulos, there is already an “internationally backed” plan on the table to stop the war in Sudan, and there is a strong possibility that leaders from both sides of the conflict could be invited to Washington in the coming period.
He warned that conditions in Sudan have become “extremely dangerous” both militarily and for civilians, and that the continuation of the war is deepening the crisis and worsening the suffering of ordinary people.
The U.S. administration, he stressed, sees an immediate ceasefire as the only way to de-escalate the situation on the ground and to open space for urgent humanitarian operations, arguing that the conflict has reached a point where further delay or political bargaining is unacceptable.
Trump announced days earlier that he intended to begin working on a solution to the war in Sudan, saying that securing a ceasefire had become one of his main priorities. That pledge came after a meeting at the White House with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who urged him to intervene to help end the conflict.
