According to Amnesty International, a French Weapons system Discovered in Sudan is Probably a breach of the U.N. Arms Embargo

According to Amnesty International, the Sudanese army has taken control of U.A.E.-made armored vehicles fitted with French defense equipment during the country’s civil conflict.

In a report released Thursday, the rights organization claimed to have located armored personnel carriers (APCs) manufactured in the United Arab Emirates in several regions of Sudan, including the Darfur region, where the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deployed them in their conflict with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

The military vehicles’ presence on the battlefield “probably constitutes a violation” of a UN arms embargo that forbids the supply of weapons to Sudan, it continued.

After long-simmering tensions between the RSF and the Sudanese army intensified into fierce combat throughout the North African nation, where numerous human rights violations were perpetrated, the civil war broke out in April 2023.

According to the U.N., the fighting has claimed the lives of over 20,000 people, and 11.6 million people have been forcefully displaced, including 3.1 million who have fled to neighboring countries and 8.3 million internally. The UAE has refuted Sudan’s allegation that it has been providing the RSF with weapons that have extended the 18-month conflict with the army.

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