CAAT: British military equipment, diverted from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has played a role in the RSF’s genocide of the Sudanese people

Furthermore, recent official government arms export data for the second quarter of 2025 shows that the third largest recipient of UK arms export licences was the UAE, with £172m of military equipment. Evidently, despite the government having knowledge that the UAE is diverting military equipment to the RSF, it has increased arms sales instead of ending them.

The government continues to facilitate these lethal military equipment exports through arms fairs such as Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), welcoming the UAE as an official government delegation to DSEI this year. Companies Militecand Cummins, producers of the British military equipment found in Sudanese combat zones, exhibited at this year’s DSEI.

London for Sudan and Action for Sudan have called for a protest tomorrow, 27 November, at 6:00pm outside 10 Downing Street, demanding an arms embargo on the UAE. Showing solidarity with the people of Sudan by attending this demonstration is a key way to challenge the deadly violence of the global arms trade and our government’s involvement in it. If you live outside London, actions across the country are encouraged.

The British government has a long, brutal history of colonial violence in Sudan, and the legacy of this continues today. Just as our government continues to export military equipment to the UAE, despite awareness of diversion to the RSF, our government also chose the “least ambitious” plan to prevent genocide in Sudan despite intelligence warnings of this very prospect. Some MPs have already called for an arms embargo on the UAE, thanks undoubtedly to pressure from constituents, but more must speak up and take action.

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