15/11/2025
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15/11/2025
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Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Sudan on May 6. (AP)
CAIRO, Nov 15, (AP): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments calling for a halt to the flow of military support coming to Sudan’s paramilitary fighters from abroad may jeopardize global efforts aimed at reaching a ceasefire, a senior adviser to the paramilitary group’s commander said on Thursday.
Rubio said at a news conference late Wednesday that pressures were being applied to countries providing weapons to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, which has been battling the Sudanese army for more than two years. He decried the humanitarian situation in Sudan and said that “something needs to be done” to cut off the weapons and other support that the RSF is receiving.
The RSF’s recent capture of North Darfur’s capital, el-Fasher, left hundreds dead and forced tens of thousands of people to flee reported atrocities by the paramilitary force, according to aid groups and U.N. officials. The International Organization for Migration, or IOM, said that nearly 90,000 people have left el-Fasher and surrounding villages, undertaking a perilous journey through unsafe routes where they have no access to food, water or medical assistance.
Elbasha Tibeig, adviser to RSF leader Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, dismissed Rubio’s comments as “an unsuccessful step” that doesn’t serve global efforts aimed at reaching a humanitarian ceasefire.
