WASHINGTON: The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday pledged to donate $500 million to a UN fund for humanitarian aid for Sudan, amid a US push to renew efforts towards a truce in the conflict that has devastated the country.
Speaking at a donor event in Washington, UAE state minister Lana Nusseibeh said her country wanted to see a truce in the conflict.
The US special envoy for Africa, Massad Boulos, said he expected a total of $1.5 billion of new funding to be pledged at the Washington event, including an additional $200 million for Sudan from the United States.
Other states represented at the event did not make clear promises of new aid.
The conflict in Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced millions and spread famine across the vast country. Fighting has raged in several areas in the past few months, with the latest frontline in the southern Kordofan region, where the army has claimed progress in recent days.
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