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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Mark Townsend

‘Smoking gun’ evidence points to UAE involvement in Sudan civil war

A destroyer tank lies in front of a mosque in a decimated area of Omdurman, Sudan.
It is claimed the passports were found in the wreckage of Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

Passports recovered from battlefields in Sudan suggest the United Arab Emirates is covertly putting boots on the ground in the country’s devastating civil war, according to leaked documents.

A 41-page document, sent to the UN security council and seen by the Guardian, contains images of Emirati passports allegedly found in Sudan and linked to soldiers of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the African nation’s notorious paramilitary.

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