June 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The United States Department of State announced on Tuesday a new package of 172 million dollars (about 157 million euros) of humanitarian aid for Sudan and neighboring countries, including Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic and South Sudan.
“For this humanitarian assistance to have the greatest possible impact and save countless lives, the Sudanese authorities must remove burdensome bureaucratic and security restrictions that hinder shipments of vital aid. Vital supplies are held up at customs and shipped through long and dangerous roads to reach communities most in need,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.
“Aid workers are unable to obtain the visas required to enter the country and provide assistance. Saudi Arabia and the United States have continued to engage daily with the parties to facilitate deliveries of humanitarian assistance,” it continued.
Despite the aid sent by the United States to the region to “respond to the needs of refugees, internally displaced persons and others affected by the conflict”, amounting to some 550 million dollars (about 500 million euros) in what This year, Blinken has insisted on the need for “a ceasefire and a negotiated solution” to end the conflict and the humanitarian crisis.
Clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out in the context of increased tensions over the integration of the RSF into the Armed Forces. The integration was a key part of an agreement signed in December to form a new civilian government and reactivate the transition open after the 2019 overthrow of the then president, Omar Hasan al Bashir, damaged by the October 2021 coup, in which the prime minister of unity, Abdalá Hamdok, was overthrown.
However, the refusal of the RSF leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, alias ‘Hemedti’, to the conditions of this reintegration led to tensions that caused postponements in the formation of the new transitional government.
