Germany allocates $98m to development projects in Sudan

Germany will allocate €82 million ($98.4 million) to support developmental projects in Sudan this year, Khartoum announced yesterday.

Sudanese Minister of International Cooperation, Idris Suleiman, said the two countries signed an agreement to reconstruct the states of Darfur, west worth €6 million ($7.17 million). This, he said, aims to support vocational schools by providing technical equipment and experts to train students.

Meanwhile, the German Ambassador to Khartoum, Ulrich Klöckner, said that the projects to support vocational schools in the two states are based on a study of the labour market’s needs.

Unemployment in Sudan had reached approximately 19 per cent in the first half of last year, according to the Ministry of Labour.

In May, the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) signed a joint agreement to support vocational training and food security, climate impacts in the Darfur region and the eastern states of Kassala and Gadarif; a deal worth €31 million ($37 million).

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