A year ago, on 15 April, the civil war in Sudan began. The violence resulted in the displacement of millions. Now, as food shortages get worse, aid is not reaching many of the displaced. In response, France and Germany are hosting a conference in Paris, Monday, to try to raise funds for victims of the conflict.
The war between Sudan 's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has sparked widespread hunger in the country after destroying infrastructure and markets and displacing more than eight million people.), a consortium of both local and international humanitarian organisations is alerting the international community to the unfolding crisis as France hosts an international summit in Paris.
Looting, fighting, air strikes and roads cut by warring factions have isolated every region of the African country located in the northeast and which is more than three times the size of France.Some 3.4 million refugees are in urgent need of humanitarian help in Chad alone following the arrival of large numbers of Sudanese fleeing war.
It added it has been able to reach only 10 percent of Sudan's 48 million people, with the country on the brink of famine.) recently said it had negotiated the delivery of the first two convoys of food aid into Sudan's Darfur region in months. Catastrophic hunger is also expected in Khartoum and West Darfur, which have seen the fiercest attacks, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network ".🔻++This worries donors around the world, risking an impact on the quantity of aid obtained by humanitarians, according to Anette Hoffmann, an international relations researcher inAfter decades of Omar al Bashir rule, which saw the manipulation and diversion of large amounts of aid, NGOs have learned lessons.
"This is the positive note on the 30 years of al-Bashir's dictatorship, these learnings and this is the time to apply them."
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