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UN panel reports chemical weapons allegations against Sudan army

A policeman walks near tires set aflame by Sudanese protesters marking the first anniversary of a raid on an anti-government sit-in, in the Riyadh district in the east of Khartoum on June 3, 2020. [AFP]

A United Nations panel in Geneva has warned that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) may have used chemical weapons in its war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as the world's attention drifts from what has become the largest displacement and hunger crisis globally.

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