PORT SUDAN: Sudan has called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting on what it calls UAE “aggression” for allegedly supporting paramilitaries battling the army, a diplomatic source said on Saturday.

The fighting broke out in April last year between the regular army, headed by Sudan’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah al Burhan, and the paramilitary Ra­pid Support Forces (RSF), led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.

For months the regular army has accused the United Arab Emirates of supporting the RSF, a charge the UAE denies.

Published in Dawn, April 28th, 2024