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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Mark Townsend

UK to call for end to Sudan bloodshed at Berlin talks on third anniversary of war

A man sitting on the roof of a car waves a Sudanese flag as other men give peace signs.
Sudanese protesters in Khartoum in 2019. The war is now entering its fourth year, with ‘emergency’ levels of hunger and risk of famine. Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty

The British foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, will urge Sudan’s warring parties to “cease bloodshed” during a major conference on Wednesday, which analysts believe is unlikely to deliver a significant step towards peace.

The talks in Berlin – held on the third anniversary of the start of Sudan’s ruinous war – are expected to help address a catastrophic funding shortfall that is compounding the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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