# Why do Sudan’s humanitarian truces keep failing and who is to blame?

https://mins.news/en/item/67275

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-21 11:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/21/why-do-sudans-humanitarian-truces-keep-failing-and-who-is-to-blame?traffic_source=rss

> As the US presses for a 90-day humanitarian truce, Sudan’s rival factions continue to prioritise battlefield gains over mediation and aid access. Repeated initiatives involving the US, Saudi Arabia, the African Union and others have collapsed, while fighting worsens the humanitarian crisis. Analysts link the failures to the political ambitions of the warring leaders and their confidence in military victory.