Sudan Conflict: US Calls for End to Weapons Supply to RSF Over Atrocities
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded urgent international action to cut off weapons supplies to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), following reports of systematic atrocities, including murder, rape, and mass killings in el-Fasher, Darfur. Speaking at the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting, Rubio condemned RSF’s actions as genocidal, targeting non-Arab populations and committing widespread sexual violence against women and children. Sudan’s regular army accuses the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of arming the RSF via African intermediaries—a charge the UAE denies. The RSF, which now controls all major cities in Darfur after an 18-month siege of el-Fasher, relies on foreign-supplied weapons, with documented arms traced to Serbia, Russia, China, Turkey, Yemen, and the UAE. Satellite and field evidence show massacres and atrocities, and analysts warn that over 150,000 have died since the 2023 civil war began, with about 12 […]
