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United Arab Emirates accused of fuelling conflict as genocide fears rise in Sudan

Daily Maverick · · 1168 words · By Mel Frykberg
Regional Destabilization Sudanese Civil War Human rights violations UAE Foreign Policy
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21 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The UAE has been accused of secretly supplying weapons to Sudanese paramilitaries, specifically the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia via neighbouring Chad”
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While one Wikipedia entry for 'Wad An Nora' mentions RSF backed by UAE, the provided web search results for UAE are general and do not specifically confirm the accusation of supplying weapons via Chad. No multiple independent news sources were provided to corroborate this specific logistics chain.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rapid Support Forces (RSF; Arabic: قُوَّاتْ الدّعْمْ السَّرِيعْ, romanized: Quwwāt ad-daʿm as-sarīʿ) are a Sudanese paramilitary force formerly operated by the Sudanese government. They originated…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between two primary factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government, controlled by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wad An Nora (Arabic: ود النورة) is a village in Al Jazirah State, central Sudan. During the Third Sudanese Civil War, Rapid Support Forces backed by UAE killed up to 200 inhabitants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wad_An_Nora
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“Sudan is in the fourth year of its latest civil war as the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, battle the RSF militia, led by Mohamed Hamdan “Hemeti” Dagalo”
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Wikipedia entries for Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Sudanese civil war (2023-present) confirm the conflict between the SAF (led by Burhan) and the RSF.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman al-Burhan (born 1960) is a Sudanese military officer who has been the leader of Sudan since 2019. Following the Sudanese Revolution in April 2019, he was handed cont…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_al-Burhan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rapid Support Forces (RSF; Arabic: قُوَّاتْ الدّعْمْ السَّرِيعْ, romanized: Quwwāt ad-daʿm as-sarīʿ) are a Sudanese paramilitary force formerly operated by the Sudanese government. They originated…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة السودانية, romanized: Al-Qūwāt Al-Musallaḥah as-Sūdāniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of Sudan. The force strength has been estimate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces
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“these two belligerents previously joined forces and overthrew former dictator Omar al-Bashir and his government in the 2019 coup”
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Multiple independent sources (Medium, Orsam, and news reports) confirm that the RSF and military forces collaborated to overthrow Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rapid Support Forces (RSF; Arabic: قُوَّاتْ الدّعْمْ السَّرِيعْ, romanized: Quwwāt ad-daʿm as-sarīʿ) are a Sudanese paramilitary force formerly operated by the Sudanese government. They originated…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sudanese Air Force (Arabic: القوّات الجوّيّة السودانيّة, romanized: Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya) is the aerial warfare branch of the Sudanese Armed Forces. It was established in 1956 followin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Air_Force
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة السودانية, romanized: Al-Qūwāt Al-Musallaḥah as-Sūdāniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of Sudan. The force strength has been estimate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces
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“Bashir... deployed the predecessor of the RSF, the Janjaweed militia, to carry out widespread atrocities during the Darfur war in the west of the country in 2003”
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Wikipedia entries for 'Janjaweed' and 'War in Darfur' confirm the militia's operation in Darfur starting in 2003 under the Bashir regime.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Darfur genocide was the systematic killing of ethnic Darfuri people during the War in Darfur. The genocide, which was carried out against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups, led the Intern…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_genocide_(2003–2005)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Janjaweed (Arabic: جنجويد, romanized: Janjawīd) are a Sudanese Arab Baggara nomad militia group operating in the Sahel region, specifically in Sudan, particularly in Darfur and eastern Chad. They …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janjaweed
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The War in Darfur, also nicknamed the Land Cruiser War, was a major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Darfur
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“the International Criminal Court said [the Darfur war] included acts of genocide”
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Wikipedia and NPR confirm that the ICC has investigated and convicted individuals for genocide and atrocities committed during the Darfur war.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Criminal Court investigation in Darfur or the situation in Darfur is an ongoing investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into criminal acts committed during the War in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Criminal Court has opened investigations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh/Myanmar, Burundi, the Central African Republic (twice), Côte d'Ivoire, Darfur in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court are those sovereign states that have ratified, or have otherwise become party to, the Rome Statute. The Rome Statute is the t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_parties_to_the_Rome_Sta…
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“South Sudan seceding from Sudan in 2011”
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The claim is corroborated by the Global Conflict Tracker and BlackPast.org, stating South Sudan seceded in 2011.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2011 · Latest Activity 2011-06-01 Cóilín (31) entered saighdeoir Cóilín (31) entered saighdeoireacht Cóilín (31) entered boghdóireacht 2011-05-28 Cóilín joined us. Welcome!
https://www.irishionary.com/profile/1480/coilin/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 10, 2011 · Latest Activity 2011-01-10 Seán (6) entered scaip Seán joined us. Welcome!
https://www.irishionary.com/profile/1346/sean/
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web search NEUTRAL — Free online Irish dictionary. It's written, edited and moderated by the online Irish language community.
https://www.irishionary.com/search/Uillinn/
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“During the second Sudanese war from 1983 to 2005, an estimated two million people were killed”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia, BlackPast.org, and Global Conflict Tracker, confirm the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005) resulted in approximately two million deaths.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sudanese_Civil_War
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web search NEUTRAL — Two million people died in this conflict but the war also led to the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation in 2011. The terms of the Addis Ababa Agreement in 1972, which ended the first Sud…
https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/second-sudanese…
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web search NEUTRAL — The second Sudanese civil war from 1983 to 2005 killed an estimated two million people, with widespread documentation of famine and atrocities. In July 2011, Sudan’s southern territory seceded and for…
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-s…
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“Earlier this year, a UN fact-finding mission identified the “hallmarks of another genocide” in Darfur”
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Multiple independent news sources (SBS News, and reports on UN missions) confirm that a UN fact-finding mission identified 'hallmarks of genocide' in Darfur in 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — A report by the UN fact-finding mission released today says that ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual...These are the hallmarks of genocide,” she added. The Zaghawa and Fur are among the la…
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/un-mission-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan report, titled Hallmarks of Genocide in el-Fasher, found that "genocidal intent is the only reasonable inference that can be drawn" fro…
https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-sudan-genocide
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web search NEUTRAL — A UN fact-finding mission concluded that the RSF paramilitary group had acted "with genocidal intent" during the seizure of Al-Fasher. A crowd of people, including many children, in an area with tents…
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/sudan-civil-war-genocide…
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“The current civil war’s death toll is estimated to be anywhere from 61,000 to hundreds of thousands”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to verify the specific death toll range of 61,000 to hundreds of thousands for the current war.
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“famine confirmed in the largest displacement camp in Darfur in August”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding a confirmed famine in the largest displacement camp in Darfur in August 2024.
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“Sudan reached the world’s highest level of internal displacement, with over 10.8 million people as of September 2024, including 8.1 million displaced since 2023”
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“As of September 2024, over 25 million people faced acute food insecurity”
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“More than 17 million children are out of school”
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“The UAE has also been involved in Yemen in an effort to reduce Iranian influence”
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“the UAE has supported the Southern Transitional Council by providing military backing to militias”
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“the UAE’s close relationship with Israel and the US, including its intermediary role in rapprochement between Somaliland and Israel – which has become the first state in the world to recognise Somaliland”
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“The UAE established a military base in Somaliland and secured the presence of DP World... in Berbera in 2016... with investments exceeding $440-million”
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“In Libya, the UAE is involved in supporting warlord Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army”
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“Nato’s military intervention in 2011, which led to the downfall of former leader Muammar Gaddafi’s government”
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“the UAE has promoted a public image of openness by hosting events like the COP28 climate change conference”
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“The UAE, one of the world’s largest oil producers”
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