A Qatari aircraft carrying 25 tons of aid, including four ambulance vehicles and shelter supplies donated by the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), landed at Port Sudan Airport in Sudan on Sunday.

The vital aid delivery marks the 17th aircraft sent by Qatar, bringing the total aid transported to 530 tons.

The vital aid was received by Sudan’s Federal Minister of Health Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim and Minister of Social Development Ahmed Adam Bakheet, along with Qatar’s Ambassador to Sudan Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Sada.

This comes as part of Qatar’s initiative aiming to alleviate the plight of the Sudanese people living in ongoing conflict.

Qatar launched the air bridge in May 2023, through which it evacuated Qatari residency holders.

On June 19, 2023, Qatar pledged $50 million to support humanitarian efforts in Sudan.

The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been fighting since mid-April last year in a war that has killed more than 13,000 people and which the United Nations says has displaced 8.2 million.

The fighting has continued to escalate despite international attempts to forge a lasting ceasefire.

Throughout the current war, both the army and the RSF have been accused of war crimes, including the indiscriminate shelling of residential areas, and arbitrary detention of civilians.