The United States will contribute an additional $424 million in aid to Sudan

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, announced on Wednesday that the United States will provide an additional $424 million in humanitarian assistance to the Sudanese people.

In mid-April of last year, a power struggle between the Sudanese army (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces resulted in the outbreak of war, which was to precede a planned transition to civilian rule.

“Acute hunger is a reality for over 25 million Sudanese.” Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield stated, “Many are experiencing famine, and approximately 11 million individuals have evacuated their homes amid the most severe humanitarian crisis in human history.”

“We must compel the warring parties to accept humanitarian pauses in al-Fashir, Khartoum, and other highly vulnerable areas, eliminate barriers to humanitarian access along all routes, and put down their weapons and come to the negotiating table,” according to her.

The U.S. mission to the U.N. announced that the announcement brings the total amount of U.S. financing since the war’s inception to $2 billion.