‘Crisis of epic proportions is brewing’: US warns of ‘large-scale massacre’ in Sudan

On April 29, United States implored all countries supplying weapons to Sudan’s warring parties to halt arms sales, warning that history in the vast western Darfur region where there was a genocide 20 years ago ‘is repeating itself’. US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said after an emergency closed meeting of the UN Security Council that El Fasher, the only capital in Darfur not held by paramilitary forces, is ‘on the precipice of a large-scale massacre’. US also appealed to all countries, including the United Arab Emirates, to stop support for Sudan’s warring parties, the US envoy to the UN said, warns of a ‘crisis of epic proportions is brewing’.