THE HAGUE: Sudan filed a case at the top UN court, accusing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s deadly war, the court announced today.

The International Court of Justice said Sudan’s case concerns acts allegedly perpetrated by the RSF including “genocide, murder, theft of property, rape, forcible displacement, trespassing, vandalism of public properties, and violation of human rights” targeting the Masalit people.

The UAE said the case was “nothing more than a cynical publicity stunt.”