Massad Boulos, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, said Sudan’s army and Rapid Support Forces do not represent a legitimate or constitutional government, as the war between the two sides continues since April 2023.
Boulos calls for truce and intra-Sudanese dialogue
Boulos wrote in a post on his account on the X platform after attending a Sudan-related event in New York that the Sudanese people deserve a humanitarian truce to make way for intra-Sudanese dialogue. The US official stressed the need to expand the UN arms embargo, alongside raising the cost of the conflict for all parties involved in the fighting, as part of efforts to end the war and de-escalate.
Egypt, Sudan and the United States discussed on Sunday efforts to end the war and create conditions for a sustainable political settlement. The discussions took place during a trilateral meeting bringing together Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohieddin Salem and Boulos.
The international Quad, comprising the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE, has for months been leading efforts to reach a humanitarian truce in Sudan. In September 2025, the Quad proposed a plan beginning with a three-month humanitarian truce as a prelude to a permanent ceasefire, followed by an inclusive nine-month transitional process leading to an independent civilian government.
The ongoing war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces has worsened the humanitarian suffering, killing tens of thousands and displacing around 13 million people, in addition to causing famine, in a crisis described as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
