In Sudan's east, murky arms trade thrives as war rages
Sep 01, 2023
Khartoum [Sudan], September 1: More than four months into Sudan's devastating war, arms dealers are struggling to keep up with demand for a trade that is booming, at a deadly cost. "A Kalashnikov? A rifle? A pistol?" said a 63-year-old dealer known as Wad al-Daou, offering his wares with a resounding laugh. "The demand for weapons has soared so high that we can't possibly meet it," he said at a market near Sudan's borders with Ethiopia and Eritrea. Fighting broke out on April 15 between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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