Foreign support, drones fuel Sudan war and possible war crimes, UN probe says
Foreign weapons, military technology, fighters and logistical networks are helping sustain Sudan's conflict and expanding the warring parties' ability to strike distant civilian areas with drones, a U.N. fact-finding mission said on Thursday.
A United Nations fact-finding mission has reported that foreign support, including weapons, military technology, fighters, and logistical networks, are fueling Sudan's ongoing conflict and allowing the warring parties to strike deeper into civilian areas. The report, published on Thursday, warns that some attacks may constitute war crimes.
The conflict began in April 2023 following a power struggle between Sudan's military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leading to the displacement of over 14 million people and creating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. The UN mission found reasonable grounds to believe that a transnational network involving individuals and entities in the United Arab Emirates, Chad, Libya, and Somalia supplied the RSF with weapons, military equipment, logistics, training, and foreign personnel.
The UAE and Chad denied these allegations, while Colombia, which provides contractors for drone operations, acknowledged its role and is taking steps to address the issue. The mission also found evidence of Colombian contractors operating and maintaining drone systems and advanced weapons used by the RSF, with up to 2,000 Colombians potentially involved.
The UN mission stated that drone warfare violated international human rights law and international humanitarian law, with both sides committing serious violations, resulting in the killing of over 1,000 civilians.
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