By Daphne Psaledakis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized the importance of achieving a humanitarian ceasefire in Sudan in a call with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed on Friday, just days after Washington’s top diplomat said action was needed to cut off the flow of weapons to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF, which began in April 2023, has created what the U.N. has called the world’s largest humanitarian crisis at a time when global aid budgets are shrinking.

Some 12.5 million Sudanese were displaced within and outside the country as of mid-October, with an additional 140,000 since fleeing RSF attacks on al-Fashir and towns in the Kordofan region.

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