Why Lawmakers Want to Block Arms Sales to the UAE

Why Lawmakers Want to Block Arms Sales to the UAE

Lawmakers have an opportunity to pressure the UAE to stop fueling devastating harm to Sudanese civilians – they should take it.

UN Security Council urged to renew arms embargo against South Sudan

Amnesty International urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to renew its arms embargo against South Sudan on Wednesday. The embargo is a part of a series of sanctions that have been in place since 2015, stemming from human rights abuses during the civil war. Both sides of the conflict have been implicated in widespread human rights abuses and war crimes as reported by the UN, the African Union (AU), and Amnesty International, among others. Althou…

UN Security Council must renew arms embargo on South Sudan

Free access to weapons would only heighten the ongoing violence in the country.By Tigere ChagutahIn 2015, as a civil war was raging in South Sudan, the United Nations Security Council imposed the first set of sanctions on the country, including asset freezes and travel bans on various senior officials. Three years later, after a ceasefire agreement was repeatedly violated, the UNSC mustered the votes to impose a full arms embargo. Fragile peace …

UN Security Council Must Renew The Arms Embargo On South Sudan

In 2015, as a civil war was raging in South Sudan, the United Nations Security Council imposed the first set of sanctions on the country, including asset freezes and travel bans on various senior officials. Three years later, after a ceasefire agreement was repeatedly violated, the UNSC mustered the votes to impose a full arms embargo. Fragile peace eventually settled in, but the embargo was kept in place and was extended every year. The review …

UN Security Council must renew South Sudan arms embargo

Free access to weapons would only heighten the ongoing violence in the country.By Tigere ChagutahIn 2015, as a civil war was raging in South Sudan, the United Nations Security Council imposed the first set of sanctions on the country, including asset freezes and travel bans on various senior officials. Three years later, after a ceasefire agreement was repeatedly violated, the UNSC mustered the votes to impose a full arms embargo. Fragile peace …

There is a significant risk that South Sudan will again plunge into a widespread conflict that would add to a major financial crisis. By separating from Sudan to become an independent state in 2011, South Sudan will have experienced only a succession of conflicts. The most deadly is the 2013 civil war that caused the death of 400,000 people the displacement of four million refugees. A peace agreement was signed in 2018 between the President of t…