Brussels 12.04.2024 The EU top diplomat Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič will travel to Paris on April 15 to participate in the ‘International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan and its Neighbours’, co-organised by the European Union, France and Germany. The event marks one year since the outbreak of the armed conflict, which has generated the largest displacement crisis worldwide.

Before the start of the Conference Josep Borrell and Janez Lenarčič will hold a press conference at 9:30 CET together with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné, German Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock.

Both commissioner will deliver keynote speeches at the roundtable session of the conference. Commissioner Lenarčič will also chair the second segment of the conference on ‘Humanitarian response and challenges in Sudan and neighbouring countries’.

Throughout the day Borrell will hold a series of bilateral meetings, including with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Djibouti, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.

The EU high executives will also attend the closing of the Humanitarian Conference alongside the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.

The war in Sudan threatens to trigger “the world’s largest hunger crisis”, a United Nations agency has warned.

The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday that more than 25 million people scattered across Sudan, South Sudan and Chad are “trapped in a spiral” of food insecurity. However, the brutal civil war shows no sign of easing after 10 months of fighting.

The civil war in Sudan threatens to trigger “the world’s largest hunger crisis”, a United Nations World Food Programme agency has warned.

The World Food Programme (WFP) said on that more than 25 million people scattered across Sudan, South Sudan and Chad are “trapped in a spiral” of food insecurity. However, the brutal civil war shows no sign of easing after 10 months of fighting. According to the UN Sudan population has grown to 49M, total forcibly displaced 8,6M.