Sudan tells UN court UAE is ‘breaching genocide convention’ by funding rebels

The north-east African country is asking the International Court of Justice to issue emergency orders, known as provisional measures, including telling the UAE to do all it can to prevent the killing and other crimes targeting the Masalit people during Sudan’s two-year civil war.

“The genocide against the Masalit is being carried out by the Rapid Support Force, believed to be Arab from Darfur, with the support and complicity of the United Arab Emirates,” acting justice minister Muawia Osman said in his opening statements at The Hague-based court.

In a briefing ahead of the hearing, a top official at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs told journalists the case was baseless.

“This is not a legitimate legal action; it is a cynical and baseless PR stunt, designed to distract from the Sudanese Armed Forces’ own appalling record of atrocities,” Reem Ketait said.

Ms Ketait will make arguments on behalf of her country later on Thursday afternoon.

Both Sudan and the UAE are signatories to the 1948 genocide convention.

The United Arab Emirates, however, has ...
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