Donors exceed funding target at Berlin conference but prospects for ceasefire remain distant
More than £1bn has been pledged for war-ravaged Sudan at a conference in Berlin, eclipsing the funding target organisers had set to help mitigate the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
The financial commitments made on Wednesday will also help offset a chronic humanitarian funding shortfall in a country devastated by three years of conflict, where two-thirds of its population – 34m people – require assistance.
German ministers had set a notional target of $1bn (£740m) in funding commitments from international donors.
Hours after hearing the UN chief, Antonio Guterres, call for an end to the “nightmare”, delegates had pledged a total of £1.13bn.
