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President Trump’s announcement on November 19, 2025 delivered in the presence of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, a key member of the Quad, that he was committing to work for a resolution to the conflict in Sudan, was a welcome surprise to most Sudanese.  Exhausted by the horrors of the war, the...

Over the past two years, regional and international mediation efforts have consistently failed to resolve Sudan’s conflict. Initiatives have been announced and meetings scheduled, but disputes over participation and lack of coordination undermined every attempt. The latest postponement of the Djibouti meeting in mid-December under the auspices of IGAD and the African Union is not...

By Lutz Oette and Nada Ali If anyone is under the illusion that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan is fighting for the liberation of Sudanese civilians from the military campaigns and atrocities of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their international backers, they need only look back to...

By Bakry Eljak The attention that the war in Sudan and the humanitarian catastrophe it has caused received in the corridors of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly was unprecedented through nearly three years of the war. This attention was reflected holding no fewer than 13 side events on Sudan during the 80th...

It just doesn’t look like what we expected – and it needs support now more than ever By Michelle D’Arcy It has been nearly two and half years since the war in Sudan broke out on April 15, 2023. The  conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces(RSF) has led to...

Suilman BaldoSeptember 15, 2025Photo: Quad meeting (State Department) Two public statements made on Friday, September 12, read together, reveal a new US strategy on Sudan. The first, a statement of the Quad (the US, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on restoring peace and security, lays out a new framework for peace...

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Photo credit Ayin International and regional interventions in Sudan are not new; they are rooted in a complex web of historical relations ties and strategic interests linking Sudan with its neighbors. These relationships and interests change over time in response to shifting political dynamics and regimes across the region. Substantial evidence suggests that Eritrea, in...

By Mohamed Elshabik As the Sudan Quad, comprising the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt prepares to meet in Washington on July 30, 2025, the Sudanese people watch with cautious hope and deep apprehension. The summit marks the first major diplomatic initiative under the new US administration aimed at stopping the...

Photo: Marco Rubio hosts the DRC and Rwanda to sign a peace deal STPT is publishing two opinion pieces yesterday and today on the prospects for success of the upcoming Washington, D.C., meeting of the Quad mechanism—comprising the US, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt—in achieving its stated goal of ending the war in Sudan. Today’s...