Europe live: over €1bn to be pledged for Sudan at Paris conference on first anniversary of war

France, Germany and EU organise meeting over ‘one of worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’

Today’s conference in Paris will hopefully raise “well over a billion euros” for Sudan, a French diplomatic source told Reuters.

The EU will pledge 350 million euros, France will add 110 million euros and the United States will invest a total of $147 million, sources told Reuters.