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The U.S. had been involved with foreign aid to Sudan for many years. They gave close to $270 million between 1977–1981 and were Sudan's largest source of foreign aid by 1984. In the mid-1980s the U.S. provided Sudan with food aid, insecticides, and fertilizers. When Sudan failed to repay loans in 1985, the U.S. ceased all non-food aid.
The Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) in Sudan is a community-led initiative [6] that emerged from the Sudanese resistance committees which spearheaded the 2019 revolution. [7] [8] ERRs have played a vital role in humanitarian efforts amid the ongoing Sudanese civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which started on 15 April 2023.
Much aid is channeled through the United Nations, which sought to raise US$225 million for its programs in 2003–04. Based on data from the international economic organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , the U.S. has provided one-third of aid to Sudan between 2000 and 2009, making it the largest donor for most ...
Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) is the regulating body working under the Sudanese law. Laws organizing the humatiraian organization then developed HAC organize the International Organization work in Sudan by the Technical agreements [ 3 ] and Country Agreements. [ 4 ]
An estimated 25 million people, equivalent to more than half of Sudan's population, were said to be in need of aid in June 2023. [62] On 25 July, Humanitarian Coordinator Clementine Nkweta-Salami said attacks on humanitarian facilities had led to more than 50 warehouses looted, 82 offices ransacked, and over 200 vehicles stolen.
Operation Lifeline Sudan has been noted to have been highly successful in delivering humanitarian aid in a conflict region. This is especially significant given that it was the first instance of the UN negotiating with a non-state actor like the SPLM/A alongside a state actor like the Sudanese government to neutrally distribute aid. [ 4 ]
The kidnapping of Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki was an international hostage crisis which lasted from 3 July until 18 October 2009. Sharon Commins, an aid worker from Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, and Hilda Kawuki, a Ugandan colleague, were abducted from a compound run by the GOAL aid agency in north Darfur, Sudan. [1]
The UAE was active in encouraging Sudan to recognize Israel, after the Emirates signed the Abraham Accords. The UAE organized a secret meeting between the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sudan's General al-Burhan in early 2020, according to Middle East Eye, in which Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok was absent. [80]