{"id":177632,"date":"2017-09-10T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/khartoum-denies-closing-libya-chad-south-sudan-borders\/"},"modified":"2017-09-10T08:02:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T08:02:00","slug":"khartoum-denies-closing-libya-chad-south-sudan-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/khartoum-denies-closing-libya-chad-south-sudan-borders","title":{"rendered":"Khartoum denies closing Libya, Chad, South Sudan borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs has denied reports about the closure of the borders with three neighbouring countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, a number of Sudanese newspapers quoted Second Vice-President Hasabo Abdelrahman who allegedly declared the closure of the borders with Libya, Chad, and South Sudan to halt the smuggling of weapons and Land Cruisers into the country.<\/p>\n

In response, FA Minister Ibrahim Ghandour told the official Sudanese News Agency (SUNA) on Thursday that the reports were incorrect.<\/p>\n

“It was decided to enhance the control of the border crossings, through which the smuggling of arms, drugs, humans, and criminal elements may take place,” he said.<\/p>\n

He pointed as well to the joint Chad-Sudan border forces “who carry out their duty with great efficiency” and the security cooperation with other neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

Disarmament campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n

In July, the Sudanese government announced a nationwide disarmament campaign<\/a>, to commence in Darfur and Kordofan. The army and the allied paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are tasked with collecting illegal arms and unlicensed vehicles from civilians in the regions.<\/p>\n

The authorities also plan to integrate members of the various government militias into the RSF militia<\/a> that was created in 2013 to fight the various rebel groups in the country.<\/p>\n

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