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Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 27 April 2026UIN 128161

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK boosts funding to local responders to help more than 1.8 million people in Sudan's humanitarian crisis, published on 15 April 2026, what steps she is taking to encourage other donor countries to increase contributions to the Sudan humanitarian response.

Answered by Chris Elmore

I refer the Hon. Member to the press release he has mentioned in his questions, and to the article written by the Foreign Secretary in The Telegraph on 15 April, which can be found in the link below: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/the-world-can-no-longer-plead-ignorance-to-sudan-war/

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