Sun. Sep 8th, 2024

Activists have posted observations of the Sudanese army’s control of large quantities of weapons destined for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Witnesses said the weapons included anti-tank missiles, noting that they came from the UAE.

The video, posted online, shows uniformed gunmen taking control of vehicles carrying several boxes of rockets.

Earlier in December, Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the UAE Embassy in Sudan, Badriya Al Shehhi, informing her of the Government of Sudan’s decision to designate 15 diplomats working at the diplomatic mission as persona non grata, and demanded that they leave the country within 48 hours, without revealing further details.

The situation in Sudan has deteriorated against the backdrop of political differences between the commander of the Sudanese army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who also chairs the Sovereignty Council (the country’s governing body), and his deputy in the council, the commander of the Rapid Support Forces Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti).

On December 8, the representative of the World Health Organization in Sudan, Mohamed Tawfiq Meghlil, announced that more than 12,000 people had been killed in the conflict between the two sides since April, while the number of infected people exceeded 33,000.

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