Sudan accuses UAE of 'complicity in genocide' at ICJ

Sudan's government alleges that the UAE is arming its civil war opponents, which it denies.

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The two-year conflict, which has pitted Sudan's army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has led to tens of thousands of deaths and forced more than 12 million from their homes.

Sudan alleges that the UAE has been arming the RSF with the aim of wiping out the non-Arab Masalit population of West Darfur. The UAE has said the case is a cynical publicity stunt and is seeking an immediate dismissal.

Since the war began, both the RSF and the Sudanese army have been accused of committing atrocities.

According to Sudan's case, the RSF has carried out systematic attacks on non-Arab groups, especially the Masalit community, with the intent to destroy them as a distinct ethnic group.