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Dozens of UAE flights head to airstrip that supplies Sudanese rebels

Date: Dec 13, 2024

Since civil war erupted in Sudan last year, dozens of cargo planes from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have landed at a small airstrip in Chad that some United Nations (UN) experts and diplomats suspect is being used to funnel arms across the border.

This was shown in flight data and satellite images.

At least  86  flights from the UAE have headed for an airstrip at Amdjarass in eastern Chad since the war began in April 2023, three-quarters of them operated by carriers accused by the UN of ferrying Emirati weapons to a warlord in Libya, according to the flight data and corporate documents reviewed by Reuters.

The UAE, a key Western ally in the Middle East, says it has been sending aid for Sudan via Chad, not arms.

The country rejected a report by a UN panel of experts in January that cited "credible" allegations the UAE was providing military supplies via the Chad airstrip to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group fighting the Sudanese army in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes.

--Reuters--

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