By Benjamin Fox, 

 

BERLIN, 20 April. - (ANA)- EU leaders pledged more than €1.3 billion in humanitarian aid for Sudan and backed a UN call for an arms embargo on the country at a summit in Berlin on Wednesday in the latest attempt to move towards an end of a brutal three-year civil war.

 

German foreign minister Johann Wadephul said the promised aid would help “alleviate somewhat the suffering of people in Sudan” and save lives, adding that donors were also showing “that this conflict has not been forgotten.”  

 

The civil war in Sudan has been waged by two military leaders who fell out in early 2023, months after working together to oust a civilian-led government.

 

The death toll has exceeded 400,000 people, with an estimated 33 million displaced from their homes. 

 

The EU, together with 16 member states, pledged €811.84m in aid.

 

The European Commission’s contribution is €360.8m, of which €215.5m will support people in need in Sudan, and €145.3, will go to neighbouring countries, including Chad, Uganda, Egypt and Libya, who are hosting several million Sudanese refugees who fled the war. 

 

The aid funding is more than double the €522m raised at a summit hosted by the UK government in London last year.  - (ANA) -

 

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