July 24, 2024 (NAIROBI) – A rights group has called for an arms embargo on Sudan, amid concerns that the war in the country is being fuelled by constant flow of weapons from United Arab Emirates, Russia, Turkey, Serbia, Yemen and China. Amnesty International, in a report entitled, New Weapons Fueling Sudan Conflict, shows how recently manufactured foreign weapons have been transferred into and around Sudan, in breach of the arms embargo on Darfur. Since it broke out in mid-April last year, the conflict in Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people, with an estimated nearly 10 million people now displaced.   According to Amnesty International, recently manufactured or recently transferred weapons and ammunition from countries including China, Russia, Serbia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Yemen are being imported in large quantities into war-torn Sudan, and then in some cases diverted into Darfur. “Our research shows that weapons entering the country have been placed into the hands of combatants who are accused of international humanitarian and human rights law violations. We have methodically tracked a range of lethal weapons – including handguns, shotguns and rifles – that are being used in Sudan by warring forces,” said Deprose Muchena, …

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