The third humanitarian aid ship supplied jointly by Turkiye and Kuwait arrived in Port Sudan on Wednesday, carrying 2,500 tonnes of aid for the war-torn country. Joint aid ships from Turkiye and Kuwait also arrived in Port Sudan on 19 July and 23 September. A number of officials met the latest vessel to arrive, said a Sudanese government spokesman.
They included Sudan’s Minister of Culture and Information, Garham Abdul Qader; the Turkish Ambassador to Khartoum Fatih Yildiz; the Chargé d’Affaires of the Kuwaiti Embassy in Khartoum, Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Hamad; and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commissioner, Salwa Adam, who praised the Turkish and Kuwaiti efforts to provide aid to the Sudanese people.
The Turkish ambassador confirmed his country’s continued support for Sudan, its people and government. Yildiz explained that the ship was intended not only to get aid to the Sudanese people in desperate need, but also to draw the world’s attention to the humanitarian tragedy in Sudan.
The Kuwaiti Chargé d’Affaires pointed out that the aid was provided by the Kuwait Society for Relief in implementation of an order by the Emir of Kuwait, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
A civil war has been raging in Sudan since mid-April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. Around 21,000 people have been killed, and ten million have been displaced, according to the UN. Moreover, heavy rain has led to severe floods across the country.
There are increasing international and UN calls to end the war in order to spare Sudan a humanitarian disaster that has already pushed millions towards famine and death due to food shortages as a result of the fighting that has spread to 13 out of 18 Sudanese states.