Exclusive: Investigation Alleges Chemical Weapons Use in Sudan
The 32-page report cites eight witnesses and digital evidence, but the team could not identify the substance or conclusively confirm chemical weapons use.
- A new 32-page report by former Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons officials alleges chemical weapons use in Sudan, identifying "a number of credible incidents involving unexplained illness following military activity" during the ongoing conflict.
- The Sudanese war, which began in 2023, has displaced 14 million people and triggered one of the world's worst hunger crises, with nearly 19.5 million facing acute food insecurity and famine conditions.
- Two witnesses described a military aircraft over the Al-Jili Oil Refinery in September 2024, reporting "barrel-shaped objects associated with the overflight; impacts that did not resemble conventional explosive attacks; unusual airborne emissions; unfamiliar odours; acute respiratory symptoms affecting approximately twenty workers."
- Sudanese government officials have denied the allegations, though sanctions were imposed in April 2025 citing potential chemical weapons use, prompting calls for the OPCW and States Parties to launch an investigation.
- The New York Times and Washington Post published separate investigations in early September drawing on Middle Eastern intelligence, further pressuring the international community to address allegations of a hidden chemical programme.
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Evidence of possible chemical weapons use in Sudan prompts calls for OPCW investigation
Former Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons officials say they have found evidence that the Sudanese government may have deployed chemicals amid the country's ongoing civil war, Euronews reports.Acute respiratory distress, unusual odours, coloured explosive blasts, long-term health problems, and environmental degradation are among the indicators that the group of experts has identified as credible evidence to support witness acco…
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Former officials of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons say they have found evidence that the Sudanese government may have used chemicals during the civil war The post Investigation reveals evidence of possible use of chemical weapons in Sudan appeared first on in.gr.
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