Human-rights groups have warned that a genocide is under way in Darfur for the second time in 20 years, fuelled by weapons from the UAE and other countries
With the death toll rising dramatically in Sudan ’s embattled Darfur region, U.S. President Joe Biden is under pressure to push for a halt in alleged arms shipments by a key regional player, the United Arab Emirates, when he meets the UAE ’s leader this week.
Persistent reports from many sources, including United Nations experts, have alleged that the UAE – an oil-rich Gulf state with strong interests in Africa – is providing an arsenal of sophisticated weaponry to Sudan’s paramilitary militia, the Rapid Support Forces , which has been battling Sudan’s military for the past 17 months.
“Consequences will reach a point of no return for thousands of innocent civilians caught in the crossfire,” he said. “We also call again on those who are fuelling the war, particularly regional and international sponsors, to cease their support in this context.” “We are concerned that the UAE’s support for the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan is at odds with efforts to stop the fighting in Sudan,” they said.
El Fasher is the last city in Darfur that the RSF does not control. The UN has documented massacres of thousands of civilians in other cities that the paramilitary force has captured since the war began. “The recent escalation of hostilities has unleashed a maelstrom of violence that threatens to consume everything in its path,” she said on Friday.
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