UAE indicts Burhan allies, probe links RSF to investments in Dubai

Soldiers from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) celebrate the army's liberation of an oil refinery, in North Bahri, Sudan on January 25, 2025.

Photo credit: Reuters

Sanctioned Sudanese entities from both sides of the war may have profited from businesses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), even as they faced sanctions for war crimes.

This week, Emirati authorities indicted 13 individuals and six firms for illegal transit military materiel to Port Sudan Authority, which is under the control of the Sudanese military government under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.