US to Seek Additional Funding for Sudanese Humanitarian Crisis

Smoke rises in Omdurman, near Halfaya Bridge, during clashes between the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army as seen from Khartoum North, Sudan April 15, 2023.The United States will make a push for more than a hundred million in additional funding to respond to theas Washington seeks to spur international response at a donor conference on the humanitarian crisis this month, the US Special Envoy to the North African country said on Wednesday.

The date marks a year since the conflict erupted after long-simmering tensions erupted into heavy fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces . Perriello said that the United States will continue to look at actions on the ground and act accordingly to raise costs through sanctions and other means where appropriate. Since the war began, the US has sanctioned the deputy head of the RSF, other major businesses owned by both sides and other entities.

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