US President Trump says will start 'working' on Sudan

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would start "working" on the war in Sudan, after visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to help end the conflict.

Since its outbreak in April 2023, the war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced nearly 12 million.

"His majesty would like me to do something very powerful having to do with Sudan," Trump said at a Saudi-US business forum.

"It was not on my charts to be involved in, I thought it was just something that was crazy and out of control," he added.

'World's biggest humanitarian crisis'

"But I just see how important that is to you, and to a lot of your friends in the room, Sudan. And we're going to start working on Sudan."

Washington has urged the warring parties to finalise a truce, while Trump's own Africa envoy Massad Boulos on Saturday told AFP the war in Sudan was the "the world's biggest humanitarian crisis."

But Trump himself has barely commented on it, focusing instead on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

Trump repeatedly claims to have solved eight conflicts since returning to office in January.

His promise to start working on the conflict reflects his close relationship with the de facto Saudi leader, whom he hosted at the White House for a visit on Tuesday.