Darfur follow-ups: Sudan
On Tuesday, Yasser Al-Atta, a member of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, harshly criticized the United Arab Emirates, accusing it of providing military supplies to the Rapid Support Forces, which have been waging a war against the Sudanese army for more than seven months.
The statement of Al-Atta, who also holds the position of Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Army, is the first official statement from a government official regarding the role that the UAE is playing in the war in Sudan.
Western media reports accused Abu Dhabi of transporting large quantities of weapons to the Rapid Support Forces through Um ajaras Airport in Chad.
Sudanese political forces and civil groups allied with the army continued to criticize the UAE, accusing it of conspiring against Sudan and providing weapons and military vehicles to the Rapid Support Forces, and demanded the expulsion of the UAE ambassador from Sudan.
Yasser Al-Atta said when addressing a military crowd at the Wadi Saydna military base north of Omdurman, “Information received by the General Intelligence Service and foreign military and diplomatic intelligence says that the UAE transported military support to the Janjaweed via aircraft via Entebbe Airport in Uganda and Central Africa before the dismantling of the Wagner group began.” Russian, in addition to um Jaras Airport in Chad.”
He pointed out that UAE planes were landing at Um jaras Airport with the knowledge of influential people in the Chadian government.
He continued, “We respect the Chadian people, who are a brotherly people with whom we have ties of blood, religion, and language, but within them are some mercenary agents and traitors to the African peoples, who are agents of modern colonialism.”
He added, “The influential leaders in Chad and the bribes are the ones who facilitate the arrival of the UAE’s supply of the Janjaweed through Am jaras airport, and in a new development during the past week, they began transporting weapons through the capital’s N’Djamena airport.”
Al-Atta criticized the Emirates and said, “I know a terrorist and criminal organization, but a country that is a mafia is the first time I hear of it. The Emirates is a country that loves ruin and follows in the footsteps of evil, even though its people are brothers and its founding leader, Sheikh Zayed, was at this time called the Emirates of goodness and giving, but the successor is behind evil.”
Al-Atta warned the countries that support the Rapid Support Forces to face the same thing that Sudan was exposed to, and said, “We remind them of the experience of the Sudanese intelligence services in returning the enemy with two swords.”
He announced the army’s readiness to advance in all directions, indicating that the Supreme Command had prepared plans, that all areas were ready, and that capabilities were available, and that the advance would take place in all directions.
Last Monday, Al-Atta left the Corps of Engineers headquarters in central Omdurman after having been there since the start of the war with the Rapid Support Forces on April 15.
The Rapid Support Forces impose a total siege on the headquarters of the Corps of Engineers and seek to control it as part of their military operations targeting the main army bases in the capital, Khartoum, in addition to housing force commanders.
