January 17, 2025 Agencies: Darfur24 Four senior US officials said on Thursday that Sudanese Army used chemical weapons at least twice against RSF, which it is fighting for control of the country.

These weapons were recently used in remote areas of Sudan, targeting members of RSF, but US officials are concerned that these weapons may soon be used in densely populated areas of the capital, Khartoum.

These revelations about the use of chemical weapons come at a time when the US has imposed sanctions on the Sudanese Army Cder., General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, for documented crimes committed by his soldiers, including the indiscriminate bombing of civilians and use of famine as a weapon of war.

The use of chemical weapons marks a new escalation in the war between the Sudanese Army and RSF, its former ally. By many measures, the war has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with up to 150,000 people killed, more than 11 million displaced, and the worst famine in decades.