The United Arab Emirates support the Rapid Support Forces, which are responsible for the massacres in Sudan.
85% confidence
Foreign AffairsSudan
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The UAE officially denies supporting the RSF and submitted a letter to the UN Security Council (29 April 2025, S/2025/260) refuting allegations of support.
The evidence for UAE support rests largely on investigative tracing of weapons, flight records and expert panels rather than on any official UAE acknowledgment.
The UN Panel of Experts findings, while detailed, are contested by the UAE; the claim is an extensively documented allegation rather than an adjudicated legal finding.
Some corroborating sources (e.g. Washington Post, 15 November 2025; Refugees International/Conflict Insights Group) were published within a year of the session date (2026-07-08) but before it, so the MEP could have known them.
Sources
PrimaryUN Security Council — 1591 Sanctions Committee, Panel of Experts reportsS/2025/239, 17 April 2025, Final report of the Panel of Experts submitted in accordance with paragraph 2 of resolution 2725 (2024). The Panel of Experts on Sudan has documented, in successive reports, the arming and support of the Rapid Support Forces, including findings of UAE involvement in weapons deliveries to the RSF.
PrimaryUS Department of State (Blinken genocide determination)On April 15, 2023, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a conflict of unmitigated brutality; the Secretary determined that members of the RSF and allied militias have committed genocide in Sudan and imposed accountability measures.
SecondaryAmnesty InternationalSophisticated Chinese weaponry, re-exported by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been captured in Khartoum, as well as used in Darfur in a breach of the arms embargo — new investigation by Amnesty International linking UAE-supplied weapons to the RSF.
SecondaryThe Washington PostHuman rights groups, members of the U.S. government and regional experts increasingly blame the United Arab Emirates for fueling violence in Sudan through support for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
SecondarySecurity Council Report — UN Documents for Sudan29 April 2025 S/2025/260: a letter from the UAE refuting allegations made by Sudan regarding the UAE's alleged support to the RSF — confirming that allegations of UAE support to the RSF were formally before the Security Council, with the UAE disputing them.
SecondaryAfrica Defense Forum (ADF Magazine)In Sudan's ongoing civil war, the United Arab Emirates is facing increased scrutiny over its role in arming the Rapid Support Forces; evidence of UAE supplying the RSF continues to mount.