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Kaja Kallas, EU foreign affairs chief with EU commissioner Hadja Lahbib at the third International Sudan Conference in Berlin on Wednesday

EU leads €1.3bn Sudan aid pledge and backs arms embargo

16 April 2026 by Benjamin Fox

EU leaders announced more than €800m in new aid pledges to help the victims of Sudan’s three year civil war, at a summit on Wednesday, but there is still no end to the war in sight.

After nearly three years of civil war, Sudan has effectively been partitioned, with the Sudan Armed Forces controlling the capital Khartoum and the key port of Port Sudan in the country’s north east. The Rapid Support Forces, meanwhile, controls Darfur and most of western Sudan (Photo: United Nations Photo)

Berlin summit aims to shape Sudan’s post-war future – despite boycott by warring groups

14 April 2026 by Benjamin Fox

A summit on Sudan’s future, jointly hosted by the EU on Wednesday, will gather dozens of the African country’s civilian political leaders as its civil war enters its fourth year.

EU says ‘concerns’ raised with UAE over its role in Sudan war

9 February 2026 by Benjamin Fox

The EU says it has challenged the UAE over its role in Sudan’s civil war, despite being in trade talks with Abu Dhabi.