TEHRAN – It is widely known that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is profiting from the bloodshed and suffering of people caught up in conflicts across Africa, particularly in Sudan, as well as in Yemen.
By backing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), whose members have been accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan, the UAE is reaping billions of dollars by facilitating the transfer of gold extracted in the war-torn country to the sheikhdom.
The UAE is also directly involved in the war against the impoverished people of Yemen.
The UAE-backed RSF operates across several major regions of Sudan, with Darfur serving as its principal stronghold, alongside Kordofan and parts of central Sudan.
Beyond access to agricultural land, mercenaries, and the Red Sea, gold is considered one of the key factors driving the UAE’s interest in Sudan and Africa more broadly.
This small, avaricious country on the southern shores of the Persian Gulf has emerged as an extremely destabilizing force in both Africa and West Asia. Its backing for Somaliland’s separation from Somalia and its support for Khalifa Haftar’s forces in Libya, in defiance of that country’s sovereignty, further demonstrate the UAE’s destructive role in the region.
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