UAE says foils bid to transfer weapons to Sudan army
The UAE announced it blocked a weapons shipment bound for Sudan’s army and arrested suspects involved in unauthorized arms trafficking, amid accusations it supports rival paramilitaries.
- Middle East
- AFP
- Published Date: 01:28 | 30 April 2025
The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that it had foiled a weapons shipment intended for the Sudanese army, which has accused the Gulf state of backing rival paramilitaries in the country's two-year war.
"The security services succeeded in preventing the transfer of a quantity of military equipment to the Sudanese Armed Forces following the arrest of members of a cell involved in unauthorised mediation, brokering and illicit trafficking of military equipment," UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi said according to official news agency WAM.
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