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Tension fills the courtroom at the International Court of Justice in The Hague
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Sudan has just accused the United Arab Emirates of complicity in what it's calling a genocide in the Darfur region
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It alleges that the Gulf state shipped weapons to the Rapid Support Forces, who've been battling the Sudanese army since 2023
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The direct logistics and other support that the UEE has provided and continue to provide it to the RSF and their affiliated militia has been continue to be the primary driving force behind genocide now taking place
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Last year, the UN's High Commission for Human Rights said it received documented proof of
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ethnically motivated violence, harassment and arrests in the Darfur and Al Jazeera states
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But the RSF is not the only warring party accused of violence. Last month, the UNHCR also said it was deeply shocked by airstrikes by the Sudanese armed
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forces, which reportedly killed hundreds of civilians shortly before it recaptured the
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country's capital of Khartoum. Sudan said it wants the UAE to pay reparations to
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compensate victims of the war. For its part, the UAE denies supporting the rebels and has dismissed
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Sudan's case as political theater. The real motive and sole objective of the applicant
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who is one of the warring parties, is to misuse the court to make their false accusations against
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my country and to deflect from their own responsibility for this war and their violations
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of international law. As the case makes its way through the court
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Sudan's war shows no signs of letting up as it edges into its third year
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The conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives and has displaced millions
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Eight organizations and the UN claim it is the world's worst humanitarian crisis
