UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told

"UK-manufactured small-arms target systems and British-made engines for armoured personnel carriers have been recovered from combat sites in a conflict that has now caused the world's biggest humanitarian catastrophe. The findings have again prompted scrutiny over Britain's export of arms to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which has been repeatedly accused of supplying weapons to the paramilitary RSF in Sudan. They also raise questions for the UK government and its potential role in fuelling the conflict."

"Months after the UN security council first received material alleging that the UAE may have supplied British-made items to the RSF, new data indicates that the British government went on to approve further exports to the Gulf state for military equipment of the same type. British engines made specifically for a type of UAE-manufactured armoured personnel carrier also appear to have been exported to the Emirates, despite evidence that the vehicles had been used in Libya and Yemen in defiance of UN arms embargos."

"Images show British-made engines from military vehicles manufactured by Nimr, a UAE company, allegedly recovered from RSF positions in Sudan. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images The UAE has repeatedly denied allegations it gives military support to the RSF. Now in its third year, the war between the RSF and Sudan's military has killed at least 150,000 people, forced more than 12 million to flee their homes and left nearly 25 million facing acute hunger."

British-manufactured military equipment, including small-arms target systems and engines for armoured personnel carriers, has been recovered from battlefields in Sudan and from Rapid Support Forces (RSF) positions. Evidence links these items to UAE-manufactured vehicles and suggests exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of the same equipment continued after UN security council allegations. The UAE denies supplying the RSF. The war between the RSF and Sudan’s military has caused mass casualties, displacement, and hunger, with at least 150,000 dead, more than 12 million forced from their homes, and nearly 25 million facing acute hunger. Both sides face accusations of war crimes.

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