Gibril Ibrahim

November 15, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – In an appeal to the United States, Sudan’s finance minister called on Friday for Washington to pressure the United Arab Emirates to halt its support of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been battling Sudan’s army for control of the country since April. Gibril Ibrahim, also the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), a rebel group now allied with the Sudanese army, said in an interview with Sudan Tribune that continued Emirati support for the RSF. was fuelling the conflict. “The Sudanese people hope that the United States of America will restrain its ally, the UAE, from supporting the militia and stop it from killing innocent Sudanese,”  Ibrahim said, adding that an end to Emirati support would bring an end to the war. The Sudanese government and international organizations have accused the UAE of supplying weapons and other aid to the RSF through airports in other African countries. The aid then flows into Sudan across its western borders, they say. Ibrahim, who was in Washington this week for meetings with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), also addressed accusations of internal divisions within the Sudanese army and …

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