‘UAE has encircled Sudan in a ring of fire’ research team tells US Congress and links Kenya and Ethiopia to Darfur killings
Tiny in size but enormously wealthy, the Emirates supports a network of factions across the region to spread its influence. In long-divided Libya, the UAE has supported forces of the military strongman Khalifa Hifter against Islamist and other militias based in the capital, Tripoli.
WHO: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces ‘cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside Saudi Hospital’
UN refugee agency official Jacqueline Wilma Parlevliet said that the new arrivals told stories of widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings, including reports of people with disabilities shot dead because they were unable to flee, and others shot as they tried to escape.
