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The Solution is to Eradicate Militia - Sudan President Al-Burhan

President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Gen. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, has praised the Russian position supporting Sudan at the UN Security Council, expressing Sudan's disapproval of the draft which "undermined Sudan's national sovereignty". He pointed out that the draft resolution did not condemn the militia or its supporters, nor spoke out against the violation of Sudan's national sovereignty.

Meanwhile, a senior UN officials warned that Sudan's war has disrupted its urban economy, once a mainstay, with formal wage employment sharply declining, pushing many into precarious self-employment or informal labour, offering scant security with health and education equally deteriorating, says a UN development official.

Russia was the only Security Council member that voted against the ceasefire resolution. China, Russia's ally, supported the resolution, drafted by the UK and Sierra Leone.

Russian Deputy U.N. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy told the UN Security Council that Moscow vetoed the resolution because Sudan's government should be "solely" responsible for what happens in Sudan, while U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield's response was: "It is shocking that Russia has vetoed an effort to save lives, though perhaps it shouldn't be." The Sudanese government has welcomed Russia's veto move.

The U.S. Treasury Department had announced sanctions against the Rapid Support Forces' West Darfur Commander, Abdel Rahman Joma'a Barakallah. This comes days after the United Nations Security Council imposed its sanctions against both Barakallah and Osman Mohamed Hamid Mohamed for their "roles in leading the RSF as it carried out ethnic cleansing and committed human rights violations".

In the statement, the U.S. State Department said the move is part of efforts to "support the Sudanese people and use the tools at our disposal to impose costs on those committing atrocities," while also commending the United Nations for its "readiness to hold to account those responsible for abuses against civilians in Darfur".

AllAfrica's reporting on peacebuilding in Africa is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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A ravaged Geneina in Sudan (file photo).

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