# UN weighs expanding Sudan arms embargo as fighting escalates

https://mins.news/en/video/53735

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-10 22:08 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnPc9Qfgy1o

> The UN Security Council is preparing to vote on a US resolution that would broaden the existing arms embargo covering Sudan’s Darfur region. Rights groups and UN reports say weapons have continued to reach Darfur despite the restrictions. Three years of fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has produced the world’s largest displacement crisis.

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