Sudan Accuses UAE of Complicity in Genocide at UN’s Top Court, Urges Action to End Atrocities
Sudan Accuses UAE of Complicity in Genocide at UN’s Top Court, Urges Action to End Atrocities
"The genocide against the Masalit [ethnic group] is being carried out by the RSF, believed to be Arab from [West] Darfur [state], with the support and complicity of the UAE," Justice Minister Muawia Osman told the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
According to the minister, some 10,000-15,000 Masalit were killed by the RSF and allied groups in West Darfur last year. A similar potential catastrophe could happen in the North Darfur state if its capital El Fasher falls to the rebels, Osman emphasized.
The UAE's logistical and other support to the RSF rebels is fueling the ongoing genocide marked by killings, rapes, displacement, and destruction of property, the Sudanese official noted.
Meanwhile, the UAE rejected Sudan's accusations. "It is a cynical and baseless PR stunt," a top official at the UAE Ministry, Reem Ketait, told reporters ahead of the hearing at the ICJ.
Sudan filed a case at the ICJ in early March, accusing the UAE of breaching its obligations under the 1948 UN Genocide Convention.
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