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 devastating war that erupted on April 15, 2023 between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

This effort comes after a year of diplomatic paralysis. The Geneva platform hosted by the previous US administration on 14 August 2024 failed to produce any progress. It was preceded by multiple rounds of talks in Jeddah, including the Jeddah Declaration of May 2023, as well as the Manama Agreement of January 2024, and in London on the occasion of the second anniversary of the war in April 2025. Each of these initiatives faltered due to a lack of genuine commitment and willingness to end the fighting and because they systematically excluded broader Sudanese civilian participation.

Read more.