Foreign weapons, military technology and mercenaries are sustaining Sudan’s war and enabling attacks that may amount to war crimes, a United Nations investigation has found.
A report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan made public on Thursday found “reasonable grounds to believe” that a transnational network supplied the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with weapons, logistical assistance, training and foreign personnel.
The network included companies, intermediaries and individuals operating in or through the United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Chad, Libya and Somalia.
Though it denies the accusation, there is widespread evidence, including extensive reporting by Middle East Eye, linking the UAE with the supply of arms and other goods to the RSF.
Rights groups have recently filed two communications with the International Criminal Court requesting it to investigate the role of foreign actors, particularly senior officials from the UAE, in allegedly aiding and abetting RSF atrocities.
