Trump Adviser Renews Call for Immediate Humanitarian Truce in Sudan

Agencies — Moatinoon
Masad Boulos, adviser to the U.S. president on Arab and African affairs, renewed on Friday his call for the parties in Sudan to accept an immediate humanitarian truce without preconditions.

Since April 2023, an armed conflict has erupted between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army over a dispute regarding the RSF’s integration into the military establishment. The war has triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, causing famine in wide مناطق, killing tens of thousands, and displacing around 13 million people.

In a post on the U.S. platform X, Boulos said: “We urge the parties (in Sudan) to immediately and without preconditions accept the humanitarian truce supported by a mechanism established by the United Nations, so that life-saving aid can reach civilians and space can be created to begin dialogue.”

This appeal comes amid repeated United Nations calls since the outbreak of fighting for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Sudan, under the supervision of a coordination mechanism it created to ensure compliance and monitor implementation.

On Thursday, Sudan’s Sovereignty Council chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan reiterated that acceptance of a truce with the RSF is contingent on its withdrawal from areas it occupies and its assembly in designated locations.

In his post, Boulos also stressed that the United States is “committed” to holding accountable those responsible for crimes in Sudan and to “supporting a credible transition to a civilian-led government.”

He added: “The Sudanese people deserve security, dignity, and a future free from fear, and we stand with them in the pursuit of the lasting peace they deserve.”

He noted that Washington “imposed (on Thursday) sanctions on three senior RSF commanders responsible for acts of genocide, ethnic killing, torture, starvation, and horrific sexual violence in El-Fasher in western Sudan.”

“These crimes have destroyed families, displaced entire communities, and deepened the suffering of the Sudanese people,” Boulos said.

He described the latest sanctions as “a continuation of previous measures targeting entities linked to violations from all parties,” adding: “The United States will not tolerate such atrocities and grave abuses under any circumstances.”

In a statement Thursday, the U.S. State Department announced sanctions on three RSF members whose forces committed genocide and serious human rights violations in Sudan.

According to the statement, those sanctioned are field commander Al-Fateh Abdullah Idris Adam, known as “Abu Lolo”; Jadu Hamdan Ahmed, commander of the North Darfur sector; and field commander Al-Tijani Ibrahim Musa.

The new U.S. sanctions coincided with the publication of findings from an independent UN investigation conducted by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan, which concluded that the RSF carried out a campaign of destruction bearing the hallmarks of “genocide” against non-Arab communities during its control of El-Fasher and surrounding areas in western Sudan in late October 2025.

On 29 October 2025, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo “Hemedti” acknowledged that violations had occurred in El-Fasher and announced the formation of investigative committees, though no results have been released.

In addition to the Darfur region in western Sudan, the three Kordofan states have in recent weeks witnessed intense clashes between the Sudanese army and the RSF, leading to the displacement of tens of thousands.