Sudan’s army-aligned government has rejected US allegations that the Sudanese Armed Forces used chemical weapons in the civil war, telling the UN Security Council that Washington has provided no evidence to Khartoum or the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Chargé d’affaires Ammar Mohamed Mahmoud invoked the 1998 US destruction of Khartoum’s Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory and the discredited intelligence presented before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The state-run Sudan News Agency published his statement on July 16.
The United States repeated the accusation at a July 15 Council briefing. Washington determined in 2025 that chemical weapons were used in Sudan in 2024 and imposed sanctions, but has not released the underlying intelligence.
At the OPCW Executive Council this month, Sudan presented an internal inquiry finding no evidence, while the US demanded unrestricted inspections.
No OPCW investigation has confirmed the allegation. Human Rights Watch said a France 24 investigation produced the first evidence consistent with possible chlorine use at two sites north of Khartoum and called for an independent probe.
The allegation sits beside a wider documented record. A UN fact-finding mission accused both the SAF and Rapid Support Forces of war crimes, while Human Rights Watch has documented abuses by SAF-affiliated forces. The ICC is investigating atrocities committed during the war in Darfur, but has announced no chemical-weapons case or warrants arising from the conflict.
Washington sanctions without disclosing its evidence, Sudan relies on its own inquiry, and no independent inspection of the alleged sites has taken place.
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