The United Arab Emirates pledged $500 million to a United Nations humanitarian fund for war-torn Sudan during Tuesday’s Washington summit.
This significant financial commitment arrives as the United States intensifies its diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire before Ramadan begins.
The conflict, which ignited in April 2023, has claimed tens of thousands of lives and triggered a catastrophic national famine.
Sudanese officials previously accused the UAE of arming the Rapid Support Forces, a charge the Gulf nation strongly denies.
United Nations experts and American lawmakers, however, have described these allegations of UAE military support as highly credible reports.
UAE State Minister Lana Nusseibeh emphasized her country’s desire for a truce and an independent, civilian-led government for the Sudanese.
U.S. special envoy Massad Boulos announced a total of $1.5 billion in expected pledges, including $200 million from Washington.
Boulos acknowledged that peace progress has remained disappointingly slow despite high-level intervention from President Donald Trump and Saudi leadership.
The proposed peace roadmap involves a “Quad” grouping of the U.S., UAE, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia to mediate the crisis.
While regional powers have accepted the peace plan’s text, the warring Sudanese factions have yet to agree to any truce.
