Leaked UN experts report raises fresh concerns over UAE’s role in Sudan war

Sudanese activists demonstrating in London last year. The war has become the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis, displacing 12 million people. Photograph: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures/Getty

Pressure is mounting on the United Arab Emirates over its presence at a crucial conference in London aimed at stopping the war in Sudan after a leaked confidential UN report raised fresh questions over the UAE’s role in the devastating conflict.

The UAE has been accused of secretly supplying weapons to Sudanese paramilitaries via neighbouring Chad, a charge it has steadfastly denied.