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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Mark Townsend

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

Members of the Rapid Support Forces  on an armed vehicle, in the capital Khartoum.
Members of the Rapid Support Forces on an armed vehicle, in the capital Khartoum. Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

British military equipment has been found on battlefields in Sudan, used by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group accused of genocide, according to documents seen by the UN security council.

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.

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