US secretary of state says US president is ‘the only leader in the world capable of resolving the Sudan crisis’.
Published On 4 Dec 2025
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that US President Donald Trump has been personally overseeing efforts to bring an end to the war in Sudan, now deep into its third year of acute suffering for the civilian population.
Speaking during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday, Rubio said that Trump is “the only leader in the world capable of resolving the Sudan crisis”.
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Last month, Trump announced plans for the US to work with other members of the Quad – the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, along with other regional partners – to end the brutal 30-month conflict.
Speaking at a conference in the US, Trump said he had been asked by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to intervene to bring an end to the war in Sudan.
Trump described Sudan as “one of the most violent places” in the world, facing the planet’s largest humanitarian crisis. He added that international leaders had called on him to intervene and leverage his influence to stop the violence.
The civil war in Sudan erupted in April 2023, as the government-controlled Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) clashed with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for control of areas including the capital Khartoum.
Peace negotiations have been complicated by recent RSF advances.
Earlier this week, the RSF claimed to have seized control of Babnusa, a key city in the vast central Sudanese region of West Kordofan. The SAF has disputed this claim.
Babnusa serves as a gateway to the western Darfur region, over which the RSF took full control last month, and the whole of western Sudan.
The RSF’s assault on Babnusa builds on the paramilitary group’s momentum after it captured the city of el-Fasher, the army’s final