Kitt pledges €3m for Sudan

AS THE humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s western Darfur province deepened at the weekend, Development Minister Tom Kitt pledged an additional €3 million in aid for the troubled region.

Since February 2003, continued armed struggles between government-backed Arab militias, known as the Janjaweed, and anti-government rebels have displaced more than one million people and killed tens of thousands.

The latest pledge brings Ireland’s contribution to Sudan to an unprecedented €8m this year - far more proportionately than most other donor countries.