Sudan army chief calls on Trump to end country’s war

Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at war with a rival paramilitary group since April 2023, called on US President Donald Trump yesterday to bring peace.

"The Sudanese people now look to Washington to take the next step: to build on the US president's honesty and work with us -- and those in the region who genuinely seek peace -- to end this war," Sudan's de facto leader wrote in an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal.

Attempts to broker peace between Burhan and his one-time deputy, Rapid Support Forces commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, have repeatedly failed over the course of the war that has killed tens of thousands, displaced 12 million and created the world's largest hunger and displacement crises.

Trump took an interest in the war for the first time last week, vowing he would end it after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman urged him to get involved.