Guterres urges end to arms flow as Sudan war enters fourth year
The flow of weapons to Sudan must stop, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded on the war’s third anniversary.
![Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, secure the area where Dagalo attends a military-backed tribe's rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan, on June 22, 2019. [Hussein Malla/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP24178613392307_cropped-1776282732.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
The flow of weapons to Sudan must stop, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded on the war’s third anniversary.
![Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, secure the area where Dagalo attends a military-backed tribe's rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan, on June 22, 2019. [Hussein Malla/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP24178613392307_cropped-1776282732.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)





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