none of them able to pressure or persuade regional powerbrokers to push for a compromise. Many Sudanese ask if the world cares whether they live or die. Could that be about to change with direct intervention from the Oval Office?

By US president Donald Trump's own admission, the conflict was not on his "charts to be involved in that. I thought it was just something that was crazy and out of control." But that was before a White House meeting 10 days ago with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. He briefed the president on what was happening and asked him to intervene. Afterwards, Trump said: "We're going to start working on Sudan." He later posted on social media that "tremendous atrocities are taking place in Sudan. It has become the most violent place on Earth" and pledged to work with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end the violence. (BBC)