By Enyichukwu Enemanna
Saudi Arabia’s King, Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have directed the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) to provide $100 million worth of humanitarian aid to Sudan, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) had reported on Sunday.
This comes as pre-negotiation talks between the two Sudanese warring factions commenced in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Fighting erupted in Sudan in mid-April between the country’s military and a paramilitary force, which has seen hundreds of thousands of Sudanese flee their homes, with many of the displaced Sudanese seeking refuge in bordering countries.
The two sides – Sudan’s military, led by General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo – have not met since the fighting erupted till Saturday when talks began.
King Salman and the Crown Prince also called for a public donations campaign through the “Sahem” platform to “mitigate the effects of the conditions that the Sudanese people are currently going through,” SPA added.
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, Supervisor General of KSRelief, said the aid is a manifestation of King Salman and the Crown Prince’s concern for the Sudanese people and their determination to help mitigate the effects of the current crisis in the country.
