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Human Rights Watch accused the UAE of funding and training Colombian fighters supporting the RSF, including training at an Emirati military base. The UAE’s denial.
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Human Rights Watch accused the UAE of funding and training Colombian fighters supporting the RSF, including training at an Emirati military base. The UAE’s denial.
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Sudan suspended Al Arabiya, Al Hadath and Sky News Arabia over reporting it considered harmful or unprofessional. It connects the Sky News Arabia action to Sudanese accusations that the UAE supports the Rapid Support Forces, while characterizing the Saudi outlet suspensions as less expected.
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Human Rights Watch accused the UAE of funding and training Colombian mercenaries fighting alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan's civil war. It's been well documented that Colombian fighters are backing the RSF, but this is the first compelling claim that the UAE hosted Colombians for training at an Emirati military base before deploying them to Sudan. The UAE denied the latest accusations
Human Rights Watch accused the UAE of funding and training Colombian fighters supporting the RSF, including training at an Emirati military base. The UAE’s denial.
Open source reportIdris's plan is unlikely to gain traction; For the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to agree to give up their arms and retreat to supervised camps.
The RSF is unlikely to surrender its gains and that Washington will favor a humanitarian truce rather than Idris’s proposal. The claimed U.S. position is not independently corroborated.
Open source reportThat would also boost the odds of a long-term stalemate splitting Sudan in two, with an army-run east and an RSF-controlled west. As always, reality surely lies somewhere between the extremes.
Consolidating RSF control in western Darfur could increase the probability of a long-term stalemate featuring an army-held east and RSF-controlled west, while cautioning that reality likely lies between the competing narratives.
Open source reportneither the army nor the Rapid Support Forces seem ready to talk peace. Both deny that they're even engaging in indirect talks, and both continue to stock up on weapons
The Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces remain unwilling to negotiate, citing their denials of indirect talks; continued weapons acquisition.
Open source reportThere's credible evidence that the military has committed many horrific crimes of its own... The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR)'s latest report on Sudan... noted that both sides have escalated attacks near civilian centers in 2025, leading to a near doubling in civilian fatalities in the first six months of this year vs. last year.
According to an OHCHR, report the finding that both sides escalated attacks near civilian centers in 2025, nearly doubling civilian fatalities during the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2024. Serious abuses by Sudan’s military.
Open source reportSudan's military leader, Abdel Fatah al-Burhan, appointed former UN official Kamil Idris as the junta's prime minister.
Military leader Abdel Fatah al-Burhan appointed former UN official Kamil Idris, making him Sudan’s first prime minister since the 2021 coup. The African Union welcomed the appointment as movement toward civilian government.
Open source reportThe European Commission and its member states marked the end of this week's high-level summit on the war in Sudan - which excluded both parties fighting in it - with aid pledges totaling €522 million ($600 million).
The European Commission and EU member states pledged €522 million at a summit that excluded both Sudanese belligerents. The amount is roughly double the prior year's EU allocation but remains far below a stated $3.8 billion UN funding gap for 2025.
Open source reportThe European Commission and its member states marked the end of this week's high-level summit on the war in Sudan - which excluded both parties fighting in it - with aid pledges totaling €522 million ($600 million). That's almost exactly double the amount the European Union earmarked for Sudan last year, but it doesn't come close to filling the $3.8 billion gap in additional emergency funding that the UN says Sudan still needs for 2025.
The European Commission and EU member states pledged €522 million in aid while asserting that a $3.8 billion UN emergency-funding gap remained for 2025.
Open source reportSudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said that it, too, plans to form a new government for Sudan.
The RSF intends to establish a government competing with one the SAF plans to form after retaking Khartoum, potentially formalizing Sudan’s division between the warring factions.
Open source reportThe genocide accusation and attached sanctions won't have much of an immediate effect on the raging war since Hemedti is already well armed. In fact, the move could turn out to be counterproductive if it repels Hemedti from negotiations.
The sanctions are unlikely to alter the war immediately because Dagalo is already well armed and could reduce his willingness to negotiate.
Open source reportThe U.S. Treasury formally accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of perpetrating genocide in Sudan and slapped additional sanctions on RSF leader Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (aka Hemedti) and seven Emirati companies that have helped him export gold and import weapons.
The U.S. Treasury accused the Rapid Support Forces of genocide and sanctioned RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and seven Emirati companies involved in gold exports and weapons imports. This is the second U.S. genocide determination concerning Sudan, following the Darfur-era determination involving the Janjaweed.
Open source reportThe RSF still controls most of southwest Sudan, and the army likely wants to improve its negotiating position by locking in more territorial gains before talks begin.
The Sudanese army was unwilling to negotiate immediately because it likely sought to secure further territorial gains before entering talks, despite RSF openness to a truce.
Open source reportThe UN undersecretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs called for unspecified countries and third-parties to stop sending weapons to the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
A UN official urged outside actors to stop arming both sides. The UAE and Russia’s Africa Corps support the RSF, while Egypt is aligned with the SAF and Iran is considering providing the SAF with weapons.
Open source report“The UAE has been supporting the Rapid Support Forces, and will object to UN peacekeeper scrutiny.”
The United Arab Emirates supports the Rapid Support Forces; Abu Dhabi would object to scrutiny by UN peacekeepers.
Open source report“A UN-backed team in Sudan concluded that both sides - the Rapid Support Forces and the military - may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
A UN-backed team concluded that both the Sudanese military and Rapid Support Forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, and recommended an arms embargo and UN peacekeeping force.
Open source reportSudan's government was offended by what it called "unprofessional reporting and harmful publications" by Saudi and Emirati media outlets and suspended several of them.
Sudan suspended Al Arabiya, Al Hadath and Sky News Arabia over reporting it considered harmful or unprofessional. It connects the Sky News Arabia action to Sudanese accusations that the UAE supports the Rapid Support Forces, while characterizing the Saudi outlet suspensions as less expected.
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