France to Hold April Aid Conference for Sudan

Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed 

French Foreign Minister, Stephane Sejourne, told parliamentarians that the Paris gathering would aim to help resolve the “dramatic humanitarian crisis” impacting both Sudan and neighbouring countries.

He did not provide any more details about the conference.

Thousands of people have died in the war which broke out in April last year between Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

The fighting has witnessed 1.6 million Sudanese flee abroad, many to neighbouring Chad and Egypt, and displaced 6.1 million people from their homes within the country.

The United Nations says around 25 million people in Sudan — more than half the population – are in need of aid, including nearly 18 million who face acute food insecurity.