Sudan's war is now four years old

At least 59,000 people killed, 14 million displaced. Famine and sexual violence have left millions needing food, medicine, and mental health support.

“the war in Sudan is the world's largest humanitarian crisis”

Twelve cease-fires have already failed

International brokers have tried repeatedly to stop the fighting, but each time the guns return when global attention shifts elsewhere.

“after more than a dozen failed cease-fires brokered by international parties”

This is not a civil war

Sudan's government and the Rapid Support Forces militia do not sit on equal moral or legal ground. The RSF is a paramilitary group that survives on looting, killing, and ethnic cleansing.

“this is an assault on a United Nations member state by a paramilitary group”

RSF leaders ordered Darfur atrocities

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and his deputies are the same commanders who ordered the Janjaweed militia to rape and massacre non-Arab communities in Darfur in the early 2000s.

“the same commanders who ordered the Janjaweed militia to rape and massacre”

El Fasher fell in October 2025

A thirty-month siege ended in mass slaughter. Neighborhoods were decimated, families murdered in their homes, and bodies rotted in streets with no one to bury them.

“Neighborhoods were decimated, families were murdered in their homes”

260,000 civilians were trapped

Before El Fasher fell, the U.N. counted more than 260,000 civilians trapped in the city, half of them children. Since October 2025, 127,000 have been displaced.

“more than 260,000 civilians trapped in the city, half of them children”

Evidence of mass graves found

Yale University satellite analysts found evidence of mass graves suggesting deliberate targeting of civilians. A U.N. fact-finding mission found the atrocities bear the hallmarks of genocide.

“hallmarks of genocide”

Foreign fighters fuel the RSF

Hundreds of foreign fighters have reinforced the RSF since 2024, recruited through networks funded by transnational entities. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned eight individuals and entities linked to these networks in June.

“Hundreds of foreign fighters have reinforced the RSF since 2024”

Drones show foreign military support

Last month, drones struck Khartoum and other cities in the largest coordinated barrage in months, demonstrating increasingly sophisticated military capabilities enabled by foreign interference.

“drones struck Khartoum and other cities in the largest coordinated barrage in months”

The government is lawful and transitional

Sudan's government is answerable to its people and accepts international law standards. Where the state is restored to power, people come home. Almost 4 million Sudanese have returned to Khartoum, Gezira, and Sennar.

“Where the state is restored to power, people come home”

A plan for lasting cease-fire

The president has submitted a plan to the Security Council to establish a lasting cease-fire and transition to civilian-inclusive rule, with U.N. oversight removing fighters and weapons from civilian areas.

One national army under civilian rule

Security must rest on a single national army under civilian supervision, not parallel armed forces with competing loyalties and paymasters.

Sudanese must write their own peace

A political settlement must be reached through Sudanese dialogue and the next constitution written by Sudanese hands, not drafted abroad. Free, fair, and internationally supervised elections would follow.

“Peace must therefore be homemade, by Sudanese, for Sudanese, in Sudan”

Foreign-imposed peace does not last

Cease-fires collapsed because they were written about Sudan without Sudan, and sponsors knew they would not pay the price if negotiations failed. A pause became time for the RSF to regroup.

“Cease-fires have collapsed because they were written about Sudan without Sudan”

Four priorities for the world

Back the Security Council plan. Cut funding and supply lines to the RSF. Provide U.N. monitoring assistance. Give Sudanese politics room to decide what comes next.