Three years into Sudan’s civil war that has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions and spawned countless war crimes allegations, more than $1.5 billion have been pledged for humanitarian efforts at an international aid conference in Berlin, Germany said Wednesday.
Speaking ahead of a meeting of international donors in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said: "We want to achieve more than at the last conference in London, that was a billion dollars."
"It seems to be working," he told the Deutschlandfunk broadcaster, adding: "There are more pledges coming in now, we are working on this."
At the start of the meeting, African Union Commission chairman Mahmoud Ali Youssouf appealed for more media attention for Sudan's war and "disastrous humanitarian catastrophe".
As well as rallying donors, the conference aims to revive faltering peace talks, although the two sides fighting the war, the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, have been excluded.
