Overview
- The UAE announced a $500 million donation to a UN fund for Sudan, and the United States pledged an additional $200 million, with total new commitments expected to reach about $1.5 billion.
- US adviser Massad Boulos said a comprehensive truce and peace text is ready and under review by the Quad, but Sudan’s army and the RSF have not agreed to a temporary ceasefire.
- Washington is pressing for a short-term cessation of hostilities before Ramadan, with the plan to be unveiled this week if consultations advance.
- The draft includes provisions for a UN mechanism to oversee withdrawals from priority cities and could be presented to the UN Security Council, with potential subsequent review by President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.
- UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher warned that famine is present in at least three areas and worsening, with more than 10 million people displaced since the war began and extensive reports of atrocities.