World donors pledge millions in aid for Sudan on anniversary of war

“We cannot let this nightmare slide from view,” warned the UN chief.

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00:00 France has said that world donors will pledge more than 2 billion euros in humanitarian

00:07 aid for Sudan.

00:11 European diplomats and aid groups were meeting in Paris in a bid to drum up financial support

00:16 for the country on the first anniversary of a power struggle that`s exploded into civil

00:22 war.

00:26 The people caught in this emergency are almost completely invisible.

00:32 Other devastating crisis have overtaken the news from around the world.

00:38 One year since the war broke out, Sudan is in a state of collapse.

00:45 A U.N. humanitarian campaign aims to raise around $2.7 billion this year to get food,

00:52 health care and other supplies to 24 million people in Sudan, nearly half the population.

01:00 But the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says so far, funders have given only

01:06 $145 million, representing around 5 percent of the target.

01:12 Today, half of Sudan`s people need emergency assistance.

01:18 We cannot let this nightmare slide from view.

01:23 Sudan descended into conflict in April 2023, when a power struggle between the army and

01:29 the rapid support forces paramilitary group exploded into open fighting.

01:36 The U.N. estimates more than 14,000 people have been killed.

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