Sudan’s Fragile Truce: Will U.S.-Led Mediation End a Devastating Conflict?

The announcement that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to a humanitarian truce proposed by a U.S.-led mediator group known as the Quad might seem like a hopeful breakthrough. But beneath this fragile agreement lies a brutal conflict that has ravaged Sudan for over two years — and it raises pressing questions about Washington’s role, regional stability, and America’s national security interests. Is This Truce Just Another Empty Promise? The RSF seized el-Fasher, the last military stronghold in Darfur, after nearly two years of siege — a takeover marked by chilling reports of house-to-house killings, sexual assaults, and over...