However, Othman said a renewed mandate from the U.N. Human Rights Council would allow his team of independent experts to investigate “credible” allegations of sexual exploitation by the Sudanese armed forces as well.
Head of UN-backed team of experts cites paramilitary force in Sudan for sexual violence as war rages
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Othman, speaking to The Associated Press, said the team had not compiled “concrete evidence” about which countries were funneling weapons and money to the rival sides beyond what they had seen in media reports, but that the issue was “worth investigating.”
U.N.-backed rights experts want wider arms embargo and 'impartial force' deployed to war-torn Sudan
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