Sudan aid response faces capacity challenges

Significance Collectively, participants pledged some USD2.2bn in humanitarian assistance for Sudan, against an appeal for USD4.1bn from aid agencies. Impacts Given credible claims that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is arming the RSF, community-based initiatives may reject any UAE-funded aid. The organisers’ decision not to invite Sudan’s military authorities to the conference may have repercussions for humanitarian access. In the absence of a political settlement to the crisis, the humanitarian caseload will increase significantly over the coming months.