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US secretary of state says US president is \u2018the only leader in the world capable of resolving the Sudan crisis\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that US President Donald Trump has been personally overseeing efforts to bring an end to the war in Sudan, now deep into its third year of acute suffering for the civilian population.<\/p>\n Speaking during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday, Rubio said that Trump is \u201cthe only leader in the world capable of resolving the Sudan crisis\u201d.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Last month, Trump announced plans for the US to work with other members of the Quad \u2013 the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, along with other regional partners \u2013 to end the brutal 30-month conflict.<\/p>\n Speaking at a conference in the US, Trump said he had been asked by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to intervene to bring an end to the war in Sudan.<\/p>\n Trump described Sudan as \u201cone of the most violent places\u201d in the world, facing the planet\u2019s largest humanitarian crisis. He added that international leaders had called on him to intervene and leverage his influence to stop the violence.<\/p>\n The civil war in Sudan erupted in April 2023, as the government-controlled Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) clashed with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for control of areas including the capital Khartoum.<\/p>\n Peace negotiations have been complicated by recent RSF advances.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, the RSF claimed to have seized control of Babnusa, a key city in the vast central Sudanese region of West Kordofan. The SAF has disputed this claim.<\/p>\n Babnusa serves as a gateway to the western Darfur region, over which the RSF took full control last month, and the whole of western Sudan.<\/p>\n The RSF\u2019s assault on Babnusa builds on the paramilitary group\u2019s momentum after it captured the city of el-Fasher, the army\u2019s final holdout in Darfur, following an 18-month siege. The RSF has been accused of committing widespread atrocities in el-Fasher.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The latest fighting also appears to break the unilateral ceasefire that was announced by the RSF following mediation efforts by the Quad.<\/p>\n The SAF, which rejected the ceasefire terms presented by the Quad as too favourable to its adversary, has accused the RSF of continuing attacks despite its declared truce. It also said that the UAE\u2019s involvement in the Quad is biased and that the proposal aimed to eliminate the army.<\/p>\n The UAE has been widely accused of supporting the RSF with money and weapons, but it has staunchly rejected any involvement.<\/p>\n United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Thursday that he feared new atrocities amid the intense fighting between the SAF and RSF.<\/p>\n The UN Human Rights Council has already mandated one inquiry into alleged atrocities \u2013 including systematic mass murder, rape, torture, and forced displacement of non-Arab ethnic groups \u2013 after the RSF seized el-Fasher.<\/p>\n Sudan\u2019s war has killed more than 40,000 people, according to UN figures, but aid groups said that is an undercount and the true number could be many times higher.<\/p>\n The UN said the war has created the world\u2019s largest humanitarian crisis as millions of people have been forced to flee their homes and parts of the country have been pushed into famine.<\/p>\nRecommended Stories <\/h2>\n