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On the recordAugust 4, 2026
We write with alarm regarding the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) impending siege of the city of El Obeid in Sudan, which threatens a repeat of the mass atrocities and bloodshed that occurred in El Fasher this past October.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Senator Van Hollen addressing the situation in Sudan.

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