Overview
- A Washington event launched a UN-led Sudan Humanitarian Fund with $700 million from the UAE and the United States, with total new pledges expected to reach about $1.5 billion.
- U.S. adviser Massad Boulos said the Quad has accepted the text of a comprehensive peace plan that will be taken to the UN Security Council once Sudan’s warring parties agree.
- The proposal is described as multi‑pillar, covering humanitarian access, civilian protection and returns, a path to a permanent ceasefire, a transition to civilian rule, and reconstruction funding.
- UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher warned of famine conditions and set the start of Ramadan in mid‑February as the target for visible progress on a truce and aid scale‑up.
- Tensions over mediator roles persist as Sudan accuses the UAE of arming the RSF, a claim Abu Dhabi denies but which UN experts and some U.S. lawmakers have deemed credible, while fighting continues in Kordofan with reported army gains and a deadly RSF drone strike on a Kadugli medical center.