Leaders Coordinate at UN to Push Sudan Ceasefire
At the U.N. General Assembly in late September 2025, major powers and regional organizations stepped up behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to end Sudan’s more-than-two-year war. The United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE (the 'Quad') have issued a roadmap calling for an initial three-month humanitarian truce to deliver aid, followed by a nine-month inclusive transition to a civilian-led government; the African Union, European Union and several Western foreign ministers met alongside the Quad to press the warring parties and external backers to stop fighting.
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World leaders step up efforts behind the scenes at the UN to end the war in Sudan
New information:
- Human toll: at least 40,000 people killed, nearly 13 million displaced, and over 24 million acutely food insecure, according to U.N. agencies cited in the article.
- Quad roadmap (Sept. 12, 2025): calls for a three-month humanitarian truce to enable aid deliveries, then an inclusive nine-month political transition toward an independent, civilian-led government.
- Diplomatic action: meetings during the U.N. General Assembly convened by the Quad, and a separate session co-convened by the African Union, European Union, Germany, France and the U.K., with attendance from the Arab League, IGAD and a dozen other countries urging direct talks between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces.