Germany’s Federal Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul (CDU), announced plans to increase humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Sudan. Following the Berlin Sudan Conference on Wednesday, he stated that they would boost aid by over 230 million euros, while also emphasizing the need for all other involved parties to meet their own humanitarian responsibilities. He noted it was a positive sign that conference attendees had pledged support totaling over 1.3 billion euros, particularly given the global shortfall in humanitarian resources.
Current humanitarian funding for Sudan remains significantly below what is needed. For the year 2025 alone, the United Nations’ aid plan was only funded to 35 percent. Looking ahead to 2026, the required funding is projected at $2.8 billion.
Minister Wadephul also committed to keeping the Sudanese crisis on the agenda of the UN Security Council. He described the situation in Sudan as one of the world’s largest man-made humanitarian disasters. According to the Foreign Minister, the number of fatalities since 2023 is “likely in the hundreds of thousands” and that over 20 million people are suffering from acute hunger-representing half of the population. He stressed that the international community must intensify peace efforts to stop the violence as quickly as possible, enable humanitarian aid, and achieve a ceasefire.
Data from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) shows that since the conflict began between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, approximately 14 million people-one quarter of the population-have been forced to flee. Of these, 9 million remain displaced within Sudan, while 4.4 million have fled the country, primarily settling in Chad, South Sudan, and Egypt. Furthermore, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that 21 million Sudanese people are currently experiencing acute food insecurity, with 6.3 million being in particularly precarious situations. Over the three years of war, the World Health Organization (WHO) has documented more than 200 attacks on health facilities, resulting in 2,052 deaths.
Separately, a UN report concluded in February that there are signs of genocide occurring in Al-Fashir. According to Denise Brown, the UN coordinator for humanitarian assistance in Sudan, at least 6,000 people were killed there within a three-day period.
