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Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is announcing $120 million in humanitarian and development aid for Sudan, where she says hunger is being used as a weapon of war.
The United Nations says more than 40,000 people have been killed since Sudan’s civil war started three years ago today.
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Aid groups say the true death toll is likely much higher.
The conflict began as a political struggle between the country’s military and paramilitary forces and erupted into a brutal ethnic conflict in the Darfur region.
Canada is announcing more than $94 million in humanitarian aid, such as emergency food and nutrition support, and $25 million in development assistance for schools, trauma supports and sexual violence prevention.
Washington has accused Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces of committing a genocide, and Anand says that while it’s clear grave human rights violations are happening, it’s up to international courts to make a determination about genocide.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 15, 2026.
