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U.K. faces pressure to halt arms sales to UAE amid Sudan genocide allegations

By bellecarter // 2025-11-03

• Sudan has provided evidence to the UN Security Council, including satellite images and video footage, showing British-made military equipment used by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mass killings and atrocities in Darfur. This includes targeting devices and vehicle engines manufactured in the United Kingdom.
• Sudan's ambassador to the U.K., Babikir Elamin, has stated that UAE support is the most significant factor in prolonging and enabling the genocide in Darfur. The UAE has provided the RSF with drones, heavy artillery and armored personnel carriers.
• U.S. intelligence reports confirm the UAE's role in arming the RSF, allegedly to secure access to Sudan's gold reserves and Red Sea coastline.
• Liberal Democrat MP Monica Harding has called for an immediate halt to arms sales to the UAE, citing the horrific possibility of British weapons aiding the RSF's atrocities. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has avoided a direct response, emphasizing the U.K.'s stringent arms export controls.
• The conflict in Sudan has displaced over 11 million people and left an estimated 150,000 dead. The RSF's campaign of ethnic cleansing risks creating a new wave of refugees, with millions on the brink of starvation and experiencing unimaginable suffering.

Sudan has called on the United Kingdom to suspend arms sales to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after evidence emerged that British-made military equipment was being used by Sudanese paramilitary forces accused of genocide. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a militia backed by the UAE, has been implicated in mass killings, including the massacre of at least 460 patients and staff at a Saudi-funded hospital in El Fasher, Darfur. Satellite images and video footage show pools of blood and executions of civilians, reigniting fears of a repeat of the atrocities committed by the Janjaweed militia two decades ago. Sudan's ambassador to the U.K., Babikir Elamin, told The Telegraph that UAE support was "the single most important element in prolonging and enabling this genocide." He urged Britain to investigate reports that its weapons—including small-arms targeting systems and military vehicle engines—were being diverted to the RSF. The U.K. has licensed over £1 billion ($1.33 billion) in arms exports to the UAE since 2019, raising concerns that British-supplied equipment may be fueling atrocities in Sudan.

Evidence points to British arms in RSF hands

Sudan's government has submitted dossiers to the United Nations Security Council containing images of British-made military gear allegedly recovered from RSF positions. Among the items identified were targeting devices manufactured by Militec, a defense company based in South Wales and engines used in UAE-supplied armored vehicles. The RSF, which grew out of the Janjaweed—a militia responsible for ethnic cleansing in Darfur in the early 2000s—has reportedly received drones, heavy artillery and armored personnel carriers from the UAE. Despite denials from the UAE, U.S. intelligence reports confirm the Gulf nation's role in arming the RSF, allegedly to secure access to Sudan's gold reserves and Red Sea coastline. The U.K. government insists its arms export controls are among the world's most stringent, but critics argue that oversight is lacking once weapons leave British shores. Liberal Democrat MP Monica Harding called the possibility of British weapons aiding the RSF's atrocities "horrific" and demanded an immediate halt to arms sales to the UAE. "Millions are on the brink of starvation and experiencing unimaginable suffering," she said. "The U.K. must cease all arms sales to the UAE until we can confirm, without a doubt, that no British weapons are going to the RSF." Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, questioned in Parliament about suspending arms sales, avoided a direct response, instead emphasizing the U.K.'s "extremely strong controls on arms exports." Meanwhile, Labour's Anneliese Dodds urged a thorough investigation into any breaches of arms diversion policies.

International response and humanitarian crisis

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has moved to designate the RSF as a terrorist organization, while Democrats have introduced legislation to suspend arms sales to the UAE until it ceases support for the militia. "These are not just symbolic gestures; they have practical implications. This means the RSF will be subject to U.S. sanctions, which can include financial restrictions, travel bans and the freezing of assets," BrightU.AI's Enoch noted. The conflict in Sudan has displaced over 11 million people and left an estimated 150,000 dead, according to the New York Times. Ambassador Elamin warned that the RSF's campaign of ethnic cleansing risks creating a new wave of refugees. "What the RSF is doing is depopulating Darfur so they can bring in new settlers from Arab communities," he said. "The natives of Darfur, who run into the millions, will be displaced, either internally or becoming refugees." As international scrutiny intensifies, the U.K. faces growing pressure to reconcile its arms trade with its human rights commitments—or risk complicity in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Watch the video below that talks about how Britain is complicit in the Gaza genocide. This video is from The Prisoner channel on Brighteon.com.

Sources include:

TheCradle.co Telegraph.co NYTimes.com BrightU.ai Brighteon.com

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