Sudan on its knees after one year of brutal civil war
A year ago, on 15 April, the civil war in Sudan began. The violence resulted in the displacement of millions. Now, as food shortages get worse, aid is not reaching many of the displaced. In response, France and Germany are hosting a conference in Paris, Monday, to try to raise funds for victims of the conflict.
The war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has sparked widespread hunger in the country after destroying infrastructure and markets and displacing more than eight million people.
The InterAgency Working Group (IAWG), a consortium of both local and international humanitarian organisations, is alerting the international community to the unfolding crisis as France hosts an international summit in Paris.
The United States has already promised to add more than a hundred million dollars in additional funding to spur an international response at the donor conference, the US Special Envoy to the North African country Tom Perriello said on Wednesday.
Sudan's vast western region of Darfur was still struggling with the aftermath of the conflict which started in 2003 and only finished with a peace agreement in August 2020. This new war broke out in April 2023.
The first salvos were exchanged on 15 April 2023 between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's army and Mohammed Hamdan Daglo's (RSF).
Diplomats and aid workers immediately left Sudan.
(with newswires)
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