Sudan: Denmark, UK, France Back U.S. Proposal to Expand Sudan Arms Embargo - China, Russia Oppose

US pushes for Sudan-wide arms embargo as Russia and China resist

The United States is pushing to extend the UN’s arms embargo across Sudan as drone attacks intensify. However, Russia, China and Sudan are resisting the proposal, Cape {town} Etc reports. The United States has reportedly called for the United Nations to expand its arms embargo on Sudan, arguing that foreign military support and increasingly sophisticated drones are helping fuel a war that has devastated the country. Massad Boulos, US President D…

Sudan: U.S. and Denmark Push for Nationwide Expansion of UN Arms Embargo in Sudan

The United States on Monday urged the United Nations Security Council to expand an arms embargo on the Sudanese region of Darfur to cover all of Sudan, saying the nation's brutal conflict risks regional expansion. The suggestion was supported by Denmark, which holds the Council's rotating presidency.

Sudan arms embargo exposes Port Sudan’s growing unease

Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has publicly dismissed international moves to restrict weapons and military aviation as little more than hostile propaganda, even as his Port Sudan administration mounts a diplomatic campaign at the United Nations to block a US proposal for a nationwide arms embargo. The contrasting messages have exposed growing concern within the SAF leadership over a measure that could directly restrict one of its prin…

US Proposes UN Weapons Embargo Against Sudanese Army

US envoy Massad Boulos has proposed an expanded UN weapons embargo on Sudan, specifically targeting drone technology that has provided the Sudanese Armed Forces a battlefield advantage. The post US Proposes Expanded UN Weapons Embargo Against Sudanese Army appeared first on Business Elites Africa.