The European Commission announced a launch this Wednesday.Airlift with Sudan to facilitate the transport and delivery of humanitarian aid from the European Union and humanitarian organizations to the country, He was involved in violence in the conflict between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The European Union has already sent through this initiative30 tons of basic necessities, Including water, sanitation and hygiene supplies and equipment to assist refugees, Brussels said in a statement.
all these things Transported from United Nations warehouses in Dubai to Port Sudan, the country’s main port hub on the Red Sea. After reaching Sudan, this material was handed over to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Program (WFP), who would channel the aid.
It is organized in the framework of humanitarian airlift. European Humanitarian Response Capacity that the bloc combines its humanitarian response to natural disasters, conflicts and crises.
The EU has allocated so far this year €73 million humanitarian funds and its initial response to the crisis was an additional 200,000 euros to help affected people. directly with the conflicts in Khartoum.
According to community diplomacy estimates, most About 1,700 European citizens who were in Sudan were evacuated when the conflict broke out and to organize evacuation flights that meet various EU nationals and citizens of other continents.
As for the situation in Sudan, More than 500 people have been killed and 6,000 injured since the conflict began, According to the calculations of the EU, which also warned about the dramatic situation in the Darfur region.