British News Agency

According to documents reviewed by the UN Security Council, British-made military equipment used by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accused of genocide, was found on battlefields in Sudan.

In a conflict that has led to one of the world’s largest humanitarian disasters, British-made light weapon targeting systems and engines for armored personnel carriers were recovered from conflict zones.

These findings have prompted renewed scrutiny of the United Kingdom’s arms exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which has been repeatedly accused of supplying weapons to the RSF.

The findings also raise questions about the British government and its potential role in fueling the conflict.

Months after the UN Security Council first intercepted claims that the UAE might have supplied RSF with British-made products, new data shows that the UK government approved further exports of the same type of military equipment to the Gulf state.

British engines manufactured specifically for an Emirati-made armored personnel carrier were also exported to the UAE, despite evidence that such vehicles were used in Libya and Yemen in defiance of UN arms embargoes.

The UAE has repeatedly denied allegations that it provides military support to the RSF.

The war between the RSF and the Sudanese army, now in its third year, has killed at least 150,000 people, displaced over 12 million, and left around 25 million facing severe hunger. Both sides have been accused of war crimes and targeting civilians.

The British military equipment found in Sudan appears in two files dated June 2024 and March 2025 reviewed by the Security Council. Both files, compiled by the Sudanese army, claim to present detailed “evidence” of UAE support for the RSF.

Evidence that the UK continues to supply military equipment to the UAE despite the risk of further fueling the devastating conflict in Sudan has raised deep concern.