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By AI Jazeera Staff and AFPOctober 9, 2026Russia and China block US efforts to expand the Darfur arms embargo to cover all of Sudan amid ongoing conflict.The United Nations Security Council extended the arms embargo on Sudan’s Darfur region by two months but failed to agree on a US proposal to widen it to the whole…
The US wants the embargo extended to all of Sudan, covering both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which have been fighting since April 2023.
The UN Security Council extended sanctions on Sudan’s Darfur region for two months after Russia and China opposed a nationwide arms embargo.