UK to call for end to Sudan bloodshed at Berlin talks on third anniversary of war

<p>British aid to double as 19m people face acute hunger, but summit unlikely to end conflict amid Saudi-UAE tensions </p><p>The British foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, will urge Sudan’s warring parties to “cease bloodshed” during a major conference on Wednesday, which analysts believe is unlikely to deliver a significant step towards peace.</p><p>The talks in Berlin – held on the third anniversary of the start of Sudan’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/25/heroism-horror-and-the-pits-of-hell-inside-the-last-days-of-el-fasher">ruinous war</a> – are expected to help address a catastrophic funding shortfall that is compounding the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/15/uk-sudan-war-berlin-talks-aid-rsf-hunger-saudi-uae">Continue reading...</a>