Fresh from the success of bringing peace to one African conflict, President Donald Trump and his administration are “uniquely positioned” to end the continent’s other major war in Sudan, according to a leading analyst.
President Trump got the foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to the White House June 27 to sign a peace deal to end their 30-year war.
Cameron Hudson, a former senior official on Africa in the George W. Bush administration, exclusively told Fox News Digital Trump’s actions on brokering peace in Africa have been “refreshing” and that U.S. involvement in Sudan is essential.
Sudan is often called the forgotten war. An estimated 150,000 have been killed. On Friday, a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital a staggering 14.2 million have been displaced since the government and the rebel Rapid Support Forces started the current civil war in April 2023. The spokesperson added “over 30 million people (are) in need of humanitarian assistance, (and) more than 630,000 individuals (are) experiencing catastrophic food insecurity. The suffering in Sudan demonstrates the importance of a swift and durable negotiated end to the conflict.”
At a U.N. Security Council briefing Thursday, Ambassador Dorothy Shea, the acting U.S. representative, said, “By many measures, the conflict in Sudan is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today. We call on Sudan’s warring parties to cease hostilities, allow unhindered humanitarian access to all parts of the country and protect civilians.”
