US pushes for Sudan arms embargo
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The senior adviser to US President Donald Trump on African and Arab Affairs, Massad Boulos, speaks exclusively to the BBC about why the US is asking the UN Security Council to approve a nationwide arms embargo on Sudan, a move Washington says could help end the war which has been ongoing for more than 3 years. A nationwide embargo would ban the sale, transfer or supply of weapons and military equipment to all sides of the conflict, including the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces.
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Presenter: Charles Gitonga Producers: Bella Twine and Chiamaka Dike Technical Producer: Maxwell Onyango Senior Producer: Blessing Aderogba Editors: Daniel Dadzie and Maryam Abdalla
