Sudan condemns global silence over supply of weapons to RSF

Sudan’s military-led government on Sunday condemned what it described as international silence over war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, saying that the credibility of global accountability mechanisms is being undermined as the conflict grinds on.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said the RSF, which has been fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces since April 2023, continues to commit serious crimes using "weapons and equipment that cannot be obtained without end-user certificates".

The ministry said the continued breach of a UN Security Council resolution imposing an arms embargo on Darfur places the body's credibility "at stake", criticising what it called the failure to scrutinise arms supply routes, financiers, and the states facilitating the delivery of weapons to "criminals".

"The government of Sudan will not accept hegemony, nor will it accept that partners of the perpetrators of crimes and those who remain silent about them be partners in any project to end the war," the ministry said.

It added that ending the conflict requires dismantling the sources, mechanisms and tools used to commit crimes, holding perpetrators accountable, and prosecuting those who violate Security Council resolutions and international humanitarian law, rather than imposing externally driven solutions.

The government called on the international and regional community to confront those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, Kordofan and other parts of Sudan.

The statement followed a series of RSF attacks in recent days targeting areas in North and South Kordofan and the Blue Nile region.

A drone attack attributed to the RSF killed at least 24 civilians, including eight children, in North Kordofan on Saturday, according to medical sources. The strike hit a vehicle carrying displaced civilians, marking one of the deadliest single incidents in the region in recent weeks.

This has drawn international condemnation.

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday it “strongly condemned” the attack in North Kordofan, describing it as a clear violation of international humanitarian law.

The RSF announced the formation of a parallel government in western Sudan in July 2025 under the Sudan Founding Alliance (Ta’sis), covering most of Darfur and parts of Kordofan. Since then, the group and allied armed movements have carried out sustained ground assaults and drone strikes.

The Sudanese army has accused the United Arab Emirates and forces linked to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar of supplying the RSF with money and weapons by land and air, allegations Abu Dhabi has denied.

Sudan’s war, triggered by a power struggle between the army and the RSF, has displaced millions and fuelled what the UN describes as one of the world’s gravest humanitarian crises, with civilians increasingly bearing the brunt of escalating violence.