‘Wasn’t on my charts’: Trump to tackle Sudan war after Saudi prince request

The president said he spoke in detail about the civil war with the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia during their White House talks on Tuesday. The crown prince, Trump said, urged him to use the power and influence of the presidency to bring an end to the war, and his administration had begun working on the issue half an hour after the crown prince made the request. “He mentioned Sudan yesterday, and he said, ‘Sir, you’re talking about a lot of wars, but there’s a place on Earth called Sudan, and it’s horrible what’s happening’,” Trump said of his meeting with the prince on Tuesday. While Trump implied the US has so far stayed out of the war in the North African country, which has raged since April 2023, his administration in fact proposed a three-month ceasefire earlier this month. That plan was swiftly rejected by the Sudanese army, which is fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group that’s captured much of the western half of the country. The fighting for control of Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people, possibly hundreds of thousands according to some sources, and created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with over 14 million people displaced. The RSF’s capture of the Darfur city of El Fasher last month, after an 18-month siege, prompted global outcry after evidence emerged of mass killings of trapped civilians trying to flee.