Sudan: Plan to Register Civilian Weapons in Darfur

1 January 2016

Darfur — The Sudanese Minister of Interior, Lt. Col. Esmat Abdelrahman has acknowledged that "the spread of arms in Darfur constitutes a major security concern".

On Wednesday he told Members of Parliament that there are millions of light weapons in civilian hands in Darfur.

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