Sudan files case against UAE for ‘complicity in genocide’

Sudan is taking the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of supporting Sudan’s paramilitary Speedy Help Forces (RSF) in the civil conflict.

Khartoum argues the UAE is “complicit in the genocide” of the Masalit group, in West Darfur, via its navy, monetary and political backing for the RSF.

In response, the UAE has strongly rejected Sudan’s allegations, calling the case a “cynical publicity stunt”, and saying it can search a direct dismissal.

Because the conflict started in April 2023, each the RSF and the Sudanese military have been accused of committing atrocities.

The RSF has been accused of committing a genocide in Darfur – against the area’s non-Arabic teams.

In keeping with information company AFP, Sudan’s submission to the ICJ says: “The United Arab Emirates fuels the riot and helps the militia that has dedicated the crime of genocide in West Darfur.

“The United Arab Emirates should make full reparation for the harm brought on (by) its internationally wrongful acts, together with paying reimbursement to the victims of the conflict.”

An unnamed UAE official stated that “the allegations offered by the SAF consultant on the ICJ lack any authorized or factual foundation, representing one more try to distract from this calamitous conflict”.

UN consultants monitoring the arms embargo on Darfur have beforehand described accusations of the UAE smuggling weapons to the RSF via Chad as credible.

The ICJ’s advisory opinion just isn’t legally binding however nonetheless carries important political weight.

The almost two-year conflict has devastated Sudan, with tens of hundreds killed and over 12 million individuals displaced, fuelling one of many world’s worst humanitarian crises.

Earlier this week, heavy shelling on a camp for displaced individuals in North Dafur left dozens of individuals feared lifeless.

A crowded market in Abu Shouk, a camp on the outskirts of the town of el-Fasher, was attacked for roughly two hours on Tuesday night, a neighborhood official informed the BBC.