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Amnesty says UAE supplying Sudan paramilitaries with Chinese weapons

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the conflict in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question at the UN headquarters, in New York City, on April 29, 2025. [AFP]

Chinese-made weapons supplied by the United Arab Emirates have been identified with Sudan's paramilitaries, Amnesty International said Thursday, as drone attacks prompted civilians to flee the army-held aid hub of Port Sudan.

The Britain-based watchdog said that its research had detailed the use by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of sophisticated Chinese-made artillery and guided bombs in its war with the regular army, now in its third year.

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