The International Court of Justice on Friday set April 10 as the date for arguments from Sudan and the United Arab Emirates after Khartoum accused the Gulf State of complicity in genocide.
Sudan has dragged the UAE before the court, arguing its alleged support for the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) makes it “complicit in the genocide on the Masalit”, a non-Arab ethnic group that has been a target of brutal violence in the Darfur region.
The UAE, which has repeatedly denied supporting the RSF, has dismissed the case as a “publicity stunt” and said it would try to have it thrown out.
Sudan has called for so-called “provisional measures,” urging the ICJ to issue emergency orders to…