The UK is almost doubling its aid to Sudan, to £89 million, as the humanitarian crisis there continues to escalate.
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It’s almost a year since Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces turned on each other – plunging the country into war. Millions have been displaced and half the population is facing famine.
The new conflict also re-ignited the two-decade-long war in the Darfur region, with the RSF and allied Arab militia resuming their slaughter of the ethnic African Masalit tribe.
More than half a million people have fled to overcrowded camps in Chad, where food supplies are also dwindling.
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