{"id":62041,"date":"2026-04-16T04:46:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/62041\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T04:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:46:35","slug":"sudan-slams-berlin-donor-conference-as-unacceptable-as-devastating-war-enters-fourth-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/62041\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan slams Berlin donor conference as \u2018unacceptable\u2019 as devastating war enters fourth year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u2060Sudanese \u200bgovernment said \u200bon Wednesday that Germany\u2019s plan to host \u200ba \u200cconference \u2060on Sudan<\/a> on April \u200c15 was a \u201csurprising \u2060and unacceptable\u201d interference in its internal \u200baffairs, made \u200cwithout consulting Khartoum, and warned that \u200cengaging with paramilitary \u200bgroups would undermine state sovereignty.<\/p>\n

Germany<\/a> is hosting \u200bthe Berlin<\/a> \u200bconference as part \u200bof efforts to revive faltering peace talks<\/a> and mobilise aid for one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n

Read moreSudan drone strikes kill nearly 700 in three months as civil war reaches grim milestone<\/a><\/p>\n

The vast majority of Sudanese now live in poverty, with 11 million of them having been uprooted from their homes and twice as many facing hunger.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are exhausted,\u201d said Amgad Ahmed, 42, who has lived in Omdurman, Khartoum\u2019s twin city, throughout the conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree years of war have worn people down. We have lost work, savings and any sense of stability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The meeting in Berlin brings together governments, aid agencies and civil society groups, but excludes both the Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF \u2013 the two sides fighting the conflict.<\/p>\n

It follows similar conferences hosted by London and Paris over the past two years that failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough.<\/p>\n

The war between Sudan\u2019s army and the RSF has killed tens of thousands of people, sparking what German Chancellor Friedrich Merz<\/a> called \u201cthe greatest humanitarian crisis of our time, which is not very often in the public eye\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nearly 700 civilians have been killed in drone strikes since January, as attacks have escalated on both sides, particularly in the southern Kordofan region and Blue Nile State, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n

A semblance of normality, however, has taken root in the capital Khartoum since the army re-established control there last year.<\/p>\n

In parts of the city, reconstruction has begun. Markets have reopened, traffic has returned to streets that were once largely empty, and national secondary school exams were held this week after nearly two years of widespread school closures.<\/p>\n

According to the UN<\/a>, around 1.7 million people have returned to the capital.<\/p>\n

But danger still lurks among the soot-stained buildings, with authorities slowly working to clear tens of thousands of unexploded bombs left behind by the fighting.<\/p>\n

\u2018Heartbreaking\u2019 <\/p>\n

Al-Basheer Babker al-Basheer, 41, who visited Khartoum twice this year after three years away, said the city would need years to recover.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was happy to come back,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when I went into the city centre, it was heartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe road to the university where I studied is no longer the same. The walls are black,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are not the same places we used to go to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diplomatic efforts towards peace led by the United States, Saudi Arabia<\/a>, the United Arab Emirates<\/a> and Egypt \u2013 referred to collectively as the Quad \u2013 have so far failed.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia, Egypt<\/a> and Turkey<\/a> back the Sudanese army, while the UAE is accused of arming the RSF. All sides deny direct involvement.<\/p>\n

Quad-led talks stalled after army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan<\/a> accused the group in November of bias over Abu Dhabi\u2019s membership.<\/p>\n

German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Kathrin Deschauer said the Berlin conference would discuss how to \u201cexert influence on the key actors\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many external actors involved in this war,\u201d said Luca Renda, the UN Development Programme\u2019s representative in Sudan.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd as long as this continues, unfortunately, the chances of peace are very slim.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond widespread infrastructure destruction, the war has pushed Sudan deeper into hunger and poverty, with humanitarian funding at just 16 percent of what is needed, Renda said.<\/p>\n

Famine was declared last year in North Darfur capital El-Fasher and Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, with 20 additional areas at risk, the UN said.<\/p>\n

African Union<\/a> Commission Chairman Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, in Berlin for the meeting, voiced hope for a cessation of hostilities but acknowledged \u201cwe are not there yet\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the whole world is focusing on Iran<\/a> and Ukraine<\/a> and other crises, I think it is very much appreciated that Germany puts this agenda on the table so that we do not lose sight about the suffering of the people of the Sudan.\u201d<\/p>\n

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, Reuters)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u2060Sudanese \u200bgovernment said \u200bon Wednesday that Germany\u2019s plan to host \u200ba \u200cconference \u2060on Sudan on April \u200c15…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[2384,112,34069,1157,190,15697],"class_list":["post-62041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-africa","tag-berlin","tag-civil-war","tag-diplomacy","tag-germany","tag-sudan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116412572368047242","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}