UN warns warring factions in Sudan are exploiting resources to fund the war

The United Nations announced that warring factions in Sudan are using control over the country’s resources to finance the conflict, prolonging the war.

• The UN announced Wednesday that warring factions in Sudan are exploiting control over land, trade routes, and goods to finance military operations, prolonging the conflict.
• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for dismantling the “war economy” and urged greater international attention to goods and trade routes sustaining the war.
• The UN released a report on the gum arabic trade, documenting that many in the trade have faced looting, extortion, arbitrary detention, and threats by conflict parties and their allies.
• The report stated that the Rapid Support Forces looted the gum arabic exchange and its warehouses in al-Nahud, West Kordofan, in May 2025, when stocks were full and ready for export.