Sudan: EU steps up aid following humanitarian visit

02.12.2020
Brussels

EU News 339/2020

As refugees from Ethiopia cross into Sudan following the recent outbreak of conflict in the Tigray region, Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, is visiting the border areas in Sudan and the capital Khartoum to re-emphasise EU humanitarian support as well as underline the EU's continued commitment to supporting Sudan's political transition.

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The EU also approved today a €70 million contribution to the Sudan Family Support Programme, helping the country's ambitious economic reforms, whilst reducing the strains of the global pandemic on Sudanese families. Together with the €4 million in emergency humanitarian assistance recently mobilised, the total ‘Team Europe' response to this programme amounts to €230 million.


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