THE government was urged to halt all arms exports to the United Arab Emirates after the country reportedly funnelled British-made weapons to a paramilitary group in Sudan.

Documents seen by the UN security council accused the UAE of supplying weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, allegations which the country denies.

At least 150,000 people have been killed in the war between RSF and Sudan’s military over the last three years, with each side accused of war crimes.

Two dossiers of material, dated June 2024 and March 2025, compiled by the Sudanese military reported to show  “evidence of UAE support” for the RSF.

Images in the documents indicate the presence of targeting systems made by Wales-based firm Militec, which has been granted licences to export items to the UAE since 2013.

A photograph in another document shows an engine of a Nimr APC marked with “Made in Great Britain by Cummins Inc,” indicating that it was manufactured by the British subsidiary of US firm Cummins.

A spokesperson from the firm told the Guardian that it had “reviewed all our past transactions and did not identify any military transactions where Sudan was indicated as the end-use destination.”

The Foreign Office maintains that Britain has “most robust and transparent export control regimes in the world.”

“We expect all countries to comply with their obligations under existing UN sanctions regimes,” a spokesperson said.

But Amnesty International’s Oliver Feeley-Sprague warned: “The UK’s own arms trade rules require it to stop the supply of weapons where there is a clear risk those weapons could be diverted to countries under arms embargo or used by end-users to commit or facilitate atrocities.  

“The UAE has been a known hub for arms diversion for years and the UK government has long been aware of weapons being routed through the Emirates to conflict zones like Sudan and Libya. 

“Yet the UK kept approving arms sales to the UAE, even when the risks were staring it in the face.”

“The government must immediately suspend all arms to the UAE.”

Emily Apple, from Campaign Against the Arms Trade, said: “Our government has known for years that the UAE has diverted military equipment to the RSF to fuel its genocide in Sudan.

“However, instead of taking action and imposing an arms embargo on UAE, it has continually pushed for more sales, even extending UAE an official government invitation to the DSEI arms fair in London.

“UK arms companies do not care that their equipment is used to commit genocide. 

“They do not care about Sudanese lives. They only care about their shareholders profits. They have blood on their hands and it is down to all of us to hold both the companies, and this government, accountable for their actions.”