Germany gives a further €212 million for aid to Sudan

Germany will provide an additional €212 million ($250 million) this year to help address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, currently the world’s largest.

Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul announced the aid in Berlin on Wednesday, during the deliberations of the third international Sudan conference.

He called on other countries, organizations and private-sector actors to contribute to the effort. "Let us join forces so that humanitarian aid and humanitarian diplomacy can save lives," he said.

The extraordinary crisis in Sudan requires "more than our attention, it requires action, because the situation in Sudan will be far more challenging as we look to the future," said Wadephul.

Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine and the war in the Middle East are exacerbating the crisis for the people in Sudan and the region, "who are already living under unbearable circumstances," said Wadephul.

"We must therefore scale up our assistance and pressure the warring parties to ensure humanitarian access to people all across Sudan."

The Sudan conference in Berlin, following earlier meetings in Paris and London, was organized by the German government together with the UK, France, the US, the EU and the African Union.

In Paris in 2024, aid pledges totalling around €2 billion had been made, and last year in London around €1 billion. Wadephul had said on German radio on Wednesday morning that the aim was to exceed the funds pledged in London.