Emirati Weapons Found with Rebel Militias, Sudanese Army Reports
The Sudanese Army found crates of weapons and ammunition, as well as boxes of medical supplies, sent by the UAE while clearing an area that was previously under the control of the rebel Rapid Support Forces in southeastern Sudan.
The Sudanese Army released a video showing several of its officers and soldiers displaying military equipment marked “Made in the UAE,” indicating it was exported from Abu Dhabi and produced in 2020.
For months, evidence has surfaced of vehicles, weapons, and even Emirati mercenaries in Sudan, as the UAE continues to finance conflicts in the Gulf and East Africa.
Yesterday, the international organization “Genocide Watch” confirmed that the UAE is violating the arms embargo on Sudan and should be held internationally accountable for its involvement in war crimes against civilians.
The organization stated that the UAE is supplying military support to the rebel Rapid Support Forces in Sudan via the “Um Jers” region on the Sudan-Chad border.
The organization reported a substantial rise in cargo flights from Abu Dhabi International Airport to Um Jers Airport in eastern Chad since June 2023.
The organization stated that while these flights sometimes deliver medical supplies to a UAE-run hospital in Chad, most of them are used to transport weapons and ammunition for the Rapid Support Forces.
It highlighted that the UAE provides the Rapid Support Forces militias with fuel from southern Libya and has funded their procurement of weapons and vehicles, including Land Cruisers from Libya, which are crucial for their military attacks.
The organization disclosed that the Rapid Support Forces militias acquired weapons and ammunition through the Central African Republic in operations orchestrated and carried out by their leader, Abdullah al-Jazouli, with backing and funding from the UAE.
The international organization confirmed that the UAE is violating the United Nations arms embargo imposed on Darfur in 2005, which remains in effect to this day.
It stressed that the UAE and other regional nations must urgently halt their military support for the Rapid Support Forces and refrain from participating in war crimes against Sudanese civilians.
A recent U.S. investigation confirmed that the UAE is leveraging aid as a facade to escalate the civil war in Sudan, with weapons and drones being trafficked under the guise of the Emirati Red Crescent.
The investigation published by The New York Times stated that Emirati drones are operating over the expansive deserts along the Sudanese border, guiding weapon convoys that transport illegal arms to fighters accused of extensive atrocities and ethnic cleansing.
The newspaper reported that the drones are flying over a besieged city at the heart of Sudan’s severe famine, backing a brutal paramilitary force responsible for bombing hospitals, looting food supplies, and setting fire to thousands of homes, according to relief organizations.
Nonetheless, the drones are deployed from a base that the UAE asserts is part of a humanitarian initiative for the Sudanese people, which it describes as an “urgent priority” to save innocent lives and avert famine in Africa’s largest conflict.
