LONDON: The UK has announced an additional £5 million ($6.57 million) in emergency funding to support civilians caught in Sudan’s escalating humanitarian crisis, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper confirmed on Saturday.
Speaking at the 21st Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, Cooper described the situation in El-Fasher as “truly horrifying and utterly intolerable,” highlighting that around 260,000 people, half of them children, are trapped amid famine-like conditions and ongoing violence.
The UK is stepping up support for Sudan.
With an extra £5m in humanitarian aid for El Fasher—this includes vital support for survivors of sexual violence.
This is on top of £120m already committed. The world must not look away. We must act to end the suffering. pic.twitter.com/IHQTxrwyvT
