Sudan: Burhan writes to Trump over truce, peace initiative

Sudan Army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Thursday that he wrote to U.S. President Donald Trump declaring his commitment to ending the war in the North African country. The United States is involved in the Quad Mechanism Initiative, which also includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, aimed at ending the armed conflict in Sudan that's been ongoing since April 2023. Washington has proposed a 90-day truce that the Sudanese army has opposed. In September, the U.S. refused to grant Burhan a visa to attend the U.N. General Assembly meetings in New York, a move seen as punishment for Burhan's reservations about the ceasefire proposal. In early October, Trump's senior advisor for Arab and African affairs, Massad Boulos, met with Burhan at the mediation of Egypt. The war in Sudan, which has entered its fourth year, has been overshadowed over the past year by the conflicts in the Middle East.