Merve Aydogan
16 April 2026•Update: 16 April 2026
Canada announced more than $120 million in assistance at the International Sudan Conference in Berlin on Wednesday, as the country's three-year civil war continues to deepen one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
"Canada is greatly concerned by the humanitarian crisis in Sudan," Foreign Minister Anita Anand said in a video message posted on US social media company X.
"There is credible evidence that starvation is being deliberately used as a method of warfare. Hospitals and civilian infrastructure are being targeted," she added.
Announcing that Canada is pledging an additional $120 million in international assistance for Sudan and neighboring countries, Anand said it includes more than $94 million in humanitarian aid delivered through trusted partners to provide "critical life-saving" support such as emergency food and nutrition, health care, shelter, water, and sanitation to vulnerable people in Sudan, South Sudan, and Chad.
She said the aid also includes $25 million in development assistance, with $18 million going to Save the Children Canada to deliver "safe quality schooling" for more than 60,000 children and help protect them from violence, exploitation, and trauma.
An additional $7 million will go to the UN Population Fund to expand sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response services, including in Darfur and Kordofan.
Anand said women and girls in Sudan have described sexual violence "not as an exception, but as an inescapable reality."
According to a statement released by Global Affairs, Canada is also providing $1.25 million to support peace and stabilization efforts, including civilian-led initiatives.
"Canada continues to call for safe and unimpeded humanitarian access, an immediate ceasefire, and a credible path toward a civilian-led lasting peace," Anand said. "The people of Sudan deserve more than survival. They deserve a future, one defined by safety, dignity, and hope."
Sudan has been gripped by conflict since April 2023 between the army and the RSF over integration into the military, a war that has killed tens of thousands, displaced around 13 million people and pushed parts of the country toward famine.
