Sudan tells World Court UAE fuels Darfur genocide

Sudan's Acting Minister of Justice, Muawia Osman Muhammad Khair sits next to Omaima M. A. Alsharief, Minister Plenipotentiary and Chargé d'Affaires a.i. (acting) of the Embassy of the Republic of The Sudan in The Hague, at the International Court of Justice for a case brought by Sudan to the World Court demanding emergency measures against the UAE and accusing the Gulf state of violating obligations under the Genocide Convention by arming paramilitary forces, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Sudan told the International Court of Justice on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates was violating the Genocide Convention by supporting paramilitary forces in Darfur,but the UAE argued the case should be thrown out as the court lacked jurisdiction.

Sudan asked the judges to issue emergency preventative orders in the case, focused on intense ethnic-based attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied Arab militias against the non-Arab Masalittribe in 2023 in West Darfur,documented in detailby Reuters.