US to Allocate an Additional $424 Million in Aid for Sudan, Reports Reuters

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States will provide an additional $424 million in humanitarian assistance to the people of Sudan, as announced by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, on Wednesday.

Conflict broke out in mid-April last year due to a power struggle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which disrupted plans for a transition to civilian governance.

“More than 25 million Sudanese face acute hunger. Many are in famine, and approximately 11 million have been displaced from their homes, resulting in one of the worst humanitarian crises globally,” stated Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.

She emphasized the need to pressure the warring factions to agree to humanitarian pauses in critical areas such as al-Fashir and Khartoum, remove obstacles to aid access, and return to negotiations.

This announcement brings the total U.S. humanitarian aid to Sudan since the outbreak of war to $2 billion, according to the U.S. mission to the United Nations.