The Cypriot government has promised to provide at least €850,000 worth of humanitarian assistance to Sudan as the civil war in the northeast African country enters its fourth year.

“At the third international Sudan conference in Berlin, Cyprus has, through CyprusAid, pledged to provide at least €850,000 as humanitarian assistance in Sudan and the neighbouring countries in 2026,” the foreign ministry wrote in a post on social media.

It added that the funds will be used to “support the population affected” by the civil war, “including vulnerable children and women”.

The funds will be spent in Sudan, as well as in neighbouring South Sudan, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Eritrea, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cameroon and Egypt, the foreign ministry said.

The Sudan conference took place in Berlin earlier this week, with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul having said at its conclusion that attendees had pledged more than €1.5 billion worth of humanitarian assistance.

“They help to alleviate the suffering of the people in Sudan, they help to save lives, and they show that this conflict has not been forgotten,” he said.

Civil war broke out in Sudan in 2023, with estimates indicating that as many as 400,000 people may have been killed, while around 25 million people have been affected by an ensuing famine, and as many as four million children are estimated to be acutely malnourished.

Almost nine million people have been internally displaced as a result of the war so far.