Recently arrived Sudanese refugees from the Darfur region waiting in line to receive food on the outskirts of Adre, a town in eastern Chad, in July. The United Arab Emirates is expanding a covert campaign to back a winner in Sudan’s civil war. Waving the banner of the Red Crescent, it is also smuggling weapons and deploying drones. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
DRONES soar over Sudan’s deserts, silently guiding weapons convoys to fighters responsible for widespread atrocities and ethnic cleansing.
They hover over cities devastated by famine, aiding a brutal paramilitary force accused of bombing hospitals, looting food, and burning thousands of homes.
