Sudan’s military leadership is considering a fresh United States-Saudi proposal aimed at securing a humanitarian truce and a broader cease-fire, a rare diplomatic opening as the country’s grinding civil war approaches its 1,000th day with no durable peace in sight.
A Sudanese government source said the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) received the joint initiative and that the Security and Defence Council, bringing together senior military figures and allied civilian officials, met Tuesday to review it.
The plan, according to the source who spoke on condition of anonymity, outlines operational steps to implement and monitor a cease-fire, with humanitarian access at its core.
The timing underscores the scale of the crisis. Since fighting erupted on April 15, 2023, Sudan has splintered into rival zones of control, mediation efforts have repeatedly collapsed, and the war has produced one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters.
War born of a broken transition
