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Christopher McKeon

Cooper announces £5m in aid for Sudan amid ‘horrifying’ scenes in El Fasher

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper repeated calls for a ceasefire in Sudan (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK will send £5 million of aid to Sudan after the fall of a major city brought scenes of “horrifying” atrocities, the Foreign Secretary has said.

El Fasher, the last major city in the country’s western Darfur region, was seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) this week, leading to reports of ethnically-targeted killings, sexual violence and starvation.

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