The U.S. government said Thursday it will impose new economic sanctions on Sudan’s military after determining that it used chemical weapons, in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, to which Sudan is a signatory. The sanctions include restrictions on U.S. exports to Sudan and limits on access to U.S. government lines of credit. Their impact is largely symbolic, given limited trade between the two countries.
The U.S. has not provided evidence to support the determination, though unnamed officials told The New York Times in January that the SAF used weapons with chlorine gas “in remote areas of Sudan.” Chlorine gas causes corrosive injury to the respiratory tract, leading to inflammation, scarring of lung tissue, and long-term impairment of breathing function. The Times noted previous reports of chemical weapons used in Darfur, which were documented by Amnesty International in a 2016 report.
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