Irresponsible and Unsustainable

On 19 November 2001, the United States government stated that "we are concerned about the growing interest of Sudan.in developing a biological weapons programme". This serious, unsubstantiated, claim was made by John Bolton, American Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control, at a conference in Geneva.

British Media Reporting of Allegations of Chemical Warfare in Southern Sudan

In August 1999, several British newspapers, and the BBC, published unconfirmed allegations that the Sudanese armed forces had used chemical weapons in attacks on Sudanese rebels in Lainya and Kaya in southern Sudan.