The US Government has announced on Tuesday a new humanitarian aid package of 245 million dollars (228 million euros) for Sudan and neighboring countries, in the context of the clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Reaction Forces (RSF).
“With this funding [de perto de 228 milhões de euros]our humanitarian partners can respond to new needs arising from the ongoing conflict, which has displaced some 840,000 people inside the country and forced another 250,000 to flee since April 15, when fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces began and the paramilitary group RSF, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.
In the note, the US State Department reports that the announcement raises Washington’s humanitarian aid to Sudan and neighboring countries -Chad, Egypt, South Sudan and the Central African Republic- to 880 million dollars (816 million euros) in the year fiscal 2023.
Blinken said, in a video published this morning by the US embassy in Khartoum on his Twitter social network profile, that Washington will punish those who incite the rupture of the ceasefire between the parties, which entered into force on Monday, with sanctions.
The Saudi government celebrated the signing of the ceasefire on Tuesday and said it hoped the peace talks would focus on a permanent cessation of hostilities, according to the SPA news agency.
The capital of Sudan, Khartoum, has been the scene of new bombardments and clashes in recent hours, despite the entry into force of the ceasefire.
Neighbors indicated that the planes carried out bombardments in the south and northeast of the capital, registering clashes in various areas of the city.
The agreement recently signed in the Saudi city of Jeddah between the parties for the cessation of hostilities, which has already claimed more than 700 lives, also includes a control mechanism in which representatives of Saudi Arabia and the United States participate.
Source: TSF
