US pressing for humanitarian truce in Sudan to allow unhindered aid access: Trump adviser

The US is urgently pressing for a humanitarian truce in Sudan that will allow unhindered aid access and increased assistance to people in need, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump said Friday, Anadolu reports.

Massad Boulos, Trump’s senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, said Washington is also pushing for a comprehensive peace plan aimed at ensuring the warring parties meet their humanitarian obligations.

“We continue to urgently press for a humanitarian truce that allows unhindered humanitarian access and increased aid delivery to those most in need, as well as for a comprehensive peace plan that helps holds parties to their humanitarian obligations,” Boulos said on the US social media company X.

He also condemned the growing number of detentions of aid workers in Sudan and called for their release.

“Humanitarians risk their lives in Sudan to save others; these aid workers are essential and must be protected,” he said.

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The remarks came amid growing UN concern over the detention of humanitarian personnel in Sudan.

Sudan’s Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown warned on Monday of an increasing number of aid workers being detained by “non-state armed groups,” saying the practice puts humanitarian personnel at risk and disrupts critical relief operations.

She called for the immediate and unconditional release of detained humanitarian workers and urged all parties to allow humanitarian organizations to operate safely and independently.

Sudan is facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises as the conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which began in April 2023, continues to drive mass displacement, acute hunger and severe shortages of basic services.

Nearly 19.5 million people are facing acute food insecurity in 2026, while more than 825,000 children are at risk of death from severe malnutrition, according to UN agencies. Famine conditions have been confirmed in parts of the country, with additional areas at risk amid continued fighting and restrictions on humanitarian access.

The Sudanese army and the RSF have been fighting since April 2023 in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced millions and created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

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