{"id":61535,"date":"2026-04-28T01:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=61535"},"modified":"2026-04-28T01:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:30:50","slug":"european-union-funds-mine-clearance-to-assist-1-7-million-sudanese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/european-union-funds-mine-clearance-to-assist-1-7-million-sudanese\/","title":{"rendered":"European Union Funds Mine Clearance to Assist 1.7 Million Sudanese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The European Union Mission in Sudan announced on Monday new funding to support mine clearance activities aimed at improving safety and facilitating movement and humanitarian operations for 1.7 million people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a statement, the mission said that the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Sudan received fresh EU funding to support demining efforts, enhance civilian safety, improve humanitarian access, and accelerate recovery in affected areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The mission expects around 700,000 conflict-affected civilians to benefit directly from improved safety and access, while indirect support will reach over one million people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Indirect benefits include improved mobility and humanitarian operations, as well as the resumption of basic services across multiple sectors, including health, education, food security, water, and sanitation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The mission stated that \u20ac3 million has been allocated to implement the \u201cRebuilding Sudan: Mine Action for Recovery\u201d project, which will run for 18 months.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The project focuses on addressing widespread explosive ordnance contamination in accessible urban and peri-urban areas hosting large numbers of returnees, including the capital, Khartoum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the statement, contamination from explosive remnants has significantly expanded across residential neighborhoods, public infrastructure, and key supply routes since the outbreak of war in April 2023, posing a serious threat to civilians and humanitarian actors alike.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The statement emphasized that mine clearance has become a critical prerequisite for safe return, reconstruction, and the restoration of essential services.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It added that UNMAS, with EU support, will work to clear priority areas and help create conditions for safe return and comprehensive recovery.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union Mission in Sudan announced on Monday new funding to support mine clearance activities aimed at improving safety and facilitating movement and humanitarian operations for 1.7 million people. In a statement, the mission said that the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Sudan received fresh EU funding to support demining efforts, enhance &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61537,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61535\/revisions\/61537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}