Diplomatic spat erupts over claims UAE gave Sudan arms

Allegations the UAE provided arms to a paramilitary group in Sudan have triggered a spat with the army and risk undermining a new initiative to end the African nation's eight-month-old civil war.

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Three Sudanese diplomats based in the UAE have been reported personae non grata and 15 Emirati embassy employees ordered out of Sudan over the past week in the wake of the accusations. The feud comes just as East African mediators claim a breakthrough in talks between the military and rival Rapid Support Forces to quell fighting that's killed more than 12,000 people and sparked a refugee crisis.