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Germany boosts Sudan aid as Berlin conference seeks R16.5-billion in pledges

# Germany’s Development Ministry says the country will provide a further 385-million-rand to Sudan this year. This comes ahead of today’s international ​aid conference in Berlin, aimed at gathering over 16.5-billion-rand ​in funding commitments. The three-year-long war between the Sudanese army and the ⁠paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has caused widespread ​hunger and displaced millions of people amid one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. The conference ​aims at keeping attention on Sudan amid wars in Ukraine and Iran, whose effects are felt more acutely by European governments.