Makeshift shelters erected by displaced Sudanese who fled the Rapid Support Forces make up the Um Yanqur camp, located on the southwestern edge of Tawila, Sudan, on November 3, 2025. AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump has pledged to use the “influence of the presidency to bring an immediate halt” to the two-year-old war in Sudan that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates has displaced nearly 12 million people .

It’s a significant development for a crisis that has shown little sign of abating, with some experts expressing cautious optimism that the US president’s intervention could help stop the fighting. However, they warn that a long-term end to the brutal conflict will not be easily reached.

Trump, who has touted himself as a peacemaker, said last week t

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