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Sudan’s military has captured Khartoum airport in addition to its seizure of the presidential palace, central bank and headquarters of the national intelligence service.
The army leader called Khartoum “free” and paramilitary losses could indeed change the course of a two-year civil war that has caused what the UN has called the world’s “most devastating humanitarian crisis”.
But no end will be in sight if western nations keep scaling back foreign aid, a lifesaver for 30 million Sudanese people.
A quarter of the way through the year, the UN’s collective humanitarian response for the country is only 7 per cent funded.
Much of the €2 billion pledged at an international donor conference on Sudan in Paris last year has not yet been paid and USAID cuts have closed emergency food kitchens.
Meanwhile the UK continues to supply arms to the UAE, which has been accused of funding Sudan’s paramilitary group.
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