France and its allies Monday sought to drum up hundreds of millions in aid for Sudan a year since its civil war erupted, sparking one of the world’s worst and most underfunded humanitarian crises.
\nFrench Foreign Minster Stephane Sejourne said the aim of Monday\u2019s conference is to mobilize humanitarian funding to help Sudanese people, who have been victims of both a \u201cterrible war\u201d and \u201cinternational indifference.\u201d
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a colossal task,\u201d Sejourne said. \u201cIt\u2019s a war the Sudanese people did not want, a war that only produces chaos and suffering,\u201d he added.
\nThe European Union\u2019s crisis management commissioner, Janez Lenarcic, said the 27-member bloc seeks to ensure that Sudan is not forgotten as wars in Gaza and Ukraine dominate the international news.
\n\u201cPeople of Sudan, caught up in this emergency, are almost completely invisible,\u201d Lenarcic said. In a year-long war, Sudan has turned into one of the worst humanitarian disasters ever on the African continent, he said, and added: \u201cIt is our duty not to look away.\u201d
\nThe United States and Saudi Arabia initially led efforts to find a negotiated way out of the conflict. But the efforts didn\u2019t succeed, and since October the fighting has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, which is threatening to expand to a broader regional conflict.
\nRelief workers, meanwhile, warn that Sudan is hurtling towards an even larger-scale calamity of starvation, with potential mass death in the coming months. Food production and distribution networks have broken down and aid agencies are unable to reach the worst-stricken regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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