UAE says foils bid to transfer weapons to Sudan army

Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan attends the inauguration of an initiative to support the families of victims killed and injured in the ongoing civil war, in Port Sudan on April 26, 2025.[AFP]

The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday it had foiled a weapons shipment intended for the Sudanese army, which has accused the Gulf state of backing rival paramilitaries in the country's two-year war.

"The security services succeeded in preventing the transfer of a quantity of military equipment to the Sudanese Armed Forces following the arrest of members of a cell involved in unauthorised mediation, brokering and illicit trafficking of military equipment," UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi said, according to official news agency WAM.