Sudan Government Accuses UAE of Funding Enemy in Civil War

Published on September 12, 2024

Sudan accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of providing weapons to its rival paramilitary force and prolonging the African nation’s 17-month civil war on Wednesday. The UAE branded the allegations “utterly false” and “baseless” before accusing the Sudanese government of refusing to negotiate a peace with its enemy. Their latest clash came during a UN Security Council meeting where the 15 members voted unanimously to extend an arms embargo in the rival forces battleground region of Darfur for another 12 months. Civil war erupted in Sudan in mid-April 2023, when violence broke out between the government’s Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the capital, Khartoum....