Sudanese sources have accused the Port Sudan authorities of attempting to conceal evidence linked to alleged chemical weapons stockpiles, including by killing people connected to the materials and exploring their transfer to a third party, Erem News reported on Monday.
The unnamed sources warned that Yemen’s Houthi movement could be among the potential recipients, raising concerns about the implications for security in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
According to the sources, Washington is pressing for disclosure of the nature of any stockpiles, identification of associated facilities and access for an international investigation.
They argued that attempts to conceal or move the materials could widen scrutiny, shifting attention towards their transport routes, potential destinations and any groups taking possession of them.
The sources also alleged that Houthi-linked logistical networks and weapons warehouses operate inside Port Sudan. They warned that transferring chemical materials through such channels would introduce a new dimension to threats facing shipping in the Red Sea.
No completed transfer was established in the report.
A Sudanese political source close to an unnamed party separately told Erem News that information circulating among political circles pointed to a chemical stockpile in Port Sudan.
The source, who requested anonymity, also alleged that figures linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard had been present during the early stages of the war, particularly at the Flamingo naval base in Port Sudan. The source described the city as a major military supply point.
Suspected facilities and warehouses would face growing international intelligence scrutiny, the source said, adding that any attempt to conceal or move materials could turn the allegations into a broader cross-border security issue.
Political analyst Awab Essam al-Boushi told Erem News that Islamist groups viewed their continued presence within Sudan’s political, military and security institutions as a matter of survival.
He linked one aspect of the conflict to resistance to reforms proposed under the political framework agreement, arguing that elements within the military establishment and the Islamist movement feared losing their influence.
Boushi said those factions had come to regard the war as a struggle to preserve their political and security power, despite Sudan’s deepening collapse.
He also argued that mounting international pressure had prompted the Port Sudan authorities to portray outside scrutiny as a conspiracy against Sudan, redirecting public debate away from the allegations.
Boushi cited earlier remarks by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Al-Manaqil, where he discussed the prospect of further sanctions and presented them as targeting Sudan and its people.
Burhan’s recent meetings with journalists reflected the same approach, the analyst said, suggesting that the authorities and their Islamist allies were preparing for more intensive political and media mobilisation should scrutiny of the chemical weapons allegations expand.
