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South Korea to Allocate $300,000 in Aid for Floods-Hit Sudan – Reports

© REUTERS / MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAHResidents pour out the waters of the Blue Nile floods from their backyard within the Al-Ikmayr area of Omdurman in Khartoum, Sudan August 27, 2020.
Residents pour out the waters of the Blue Nile floods from their backyard within the Al-Ikmayr area of Omdurman in Khartoum, Sudan August 27, 2020.  - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – South Korea will provide Sudan, which is hit by heavy floods, with $300,000 in humanitarian aid, South Korean media reported on Thursday.

The country’s foreign ministry said that a part of the aid would be provided in kind – for example, water purification tablets and blankets – while the rest of the assistance would be provided via the UN humanitarian body, the Yonhap news agency reported.

Since mid-July, Sudan has been experiencing an unusual level of heavy rains, which intensified over the last week prompting the government to declare a three-month state of emergency in the country.

The disaster has left over 100 people dead and more than 110,000 houses damaged or destroyed.

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