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The Berlin conference must deliver real results — 33 million people in Sudan need aid now, and funding has fallen to under 40% of what’s required as media attention shifts to the Middle East. Aid cuts have shut down 80% of community kitchens, forced NGOs to ration antibiotics and left survivors of sexual violence without support. Donor nations have a clear legal and moral obligation to scale up funding and stop letting diplomatic talk substitute for real action.
There is a 25% chance that there will be a ceasefire in the Sudanese Civil War during 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction communiy.
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