September  25, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – A senior Sudanese army official has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France of attempting to divide Sudan and establish a homeland for Arab groups from West Africa in the Darfur region and parts of Kordofan. Yasser Al-Atta, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Army and a member of the Sovereign Council, said the UAE was fuelling the conflict by supplying military aid to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) through Chad and the Central African Republic. In an interview with the Al-Manbar website, Al-Atta said, “Talk of deploying international forces in Sudan is an international conspiracy sponsored by the UAE and some Western countries, particularly France, which seeks to create a homeland for displaced Arabs or divide Sudan, limiting it to Darfur and parts of Kordofan.” He accused UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed of trying to control Sudan’s coastline, agricultural lands, and gold and said France had ambitions regarding uranium in Darfur. On April 15, France, Germany and the European Union organised an international conference in Paris to mobilize humanitarian funding for Sudanese affected by the war between the Sudanese army and the RSF. In a speech at the meeting, France’s President Emmanuel Macron …

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