Germany: Sudan aid conference in Berlin raises €1.3B

International donors pledge over €1.3 billion for Sudan at Berlin conference, seeking to refocus global attention on a neglected humanitarian crisis. | Contesto: cronaca

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Germany, co-hosting a major international aid conference in Berlin, announced on Monday that donors have pledged more than €1.3 billion for humanitarian assistance and development projects in Sudan. The funds are intended to address what organizers describe as one of the world's worst and most forgotten humanitarian catastrophes, as the brutal civil war enters its fourth year with millions facing famine and displacement. The conference, convened by Germany, the European Union, and the United Nations, was explicitly designed to refocus international attention on Sudan. For months, diplomatic efforts and media coverage have been dominated by conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, leaving the crisis in northeast Africa largely overlooked. "The world has forgotten Sudan," stated German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in her opening remarks, a sentiment echoed by multiple delegates throughout the day. The €1.3 billion figure represents a critical injection of funds for UN agencies and NGOs operating on the ground, where resources have been stretched to a breaking point. The scale of the need is staggering. According to UN data cited at the conference, over 25 million people—more than half of Sudan's population—require humanitarian assistance and protection. Nearly 18 million people are facing acute food insecurity, with warnings of imminent famine in several regions. The conflict has displaced over 8.6 million people internally, while another 1.8 million have fled to neighboring countries, placing immense strain on already fragile host communities. The war, which erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has devastated infrastructure, shattered the economy, and brought the healthcare and education systems to a near-total collapse. Beyond the immediate humanitarian pledges, the Berlin meeting served as a high-level platform to appeal for renewed diplomatic pressure to end the fighting. While not a formal peace conference, the gathering of foreign ministers and senior officials from dozens of countries aimed to reinvigorate stalled political processes. Participants stressed that without a ceasefire and a...

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