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I think something needs to be done to cut off the weapons and support that the RSF is getting as they continue with their advances,

allowing their territory to be used to ship it and transport it.

acts of sexual violence and atrocities… of the most horrific kind

women, children, innocent civilians.

it’s not rogue elements, it’s… they’re doing it systematically.

We fear that the reason why they didn’t come out is because they’re dead, or because they’re so sick and so famished that they can’t move,

Canada’s Former Diplomat Exposes UAE’s Role in Enabling Genocide in Sudan and Calls for Accountability

In a powerful interview with CBC News, Canada’s former top diplomat in Sudan, Nicholas Coghlan, broke the silence on what he unequivocally described as a genocide unfolding in Darfur, pointing directly at the UAE’s role in funding and arming the Rapid Support Militia (Janjaweed).

Speaking from Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Coghlan detailed how satellite imagery now provides undeniable proof of atrocities: charred bodies, mass graves, and visible blood stains across the scorched terrain of El Fasher. He stressed that these horrors mirror the atrocities of twenty years ago in Darfur, only this time, the evidence is irrefutable and even visible from space. The Rapid Support Militia (Janjaweed), he noted, has gone so far as to post videos on TikTok boasting of their crimes, using the Arabic word for “Holocaust.”

Coghlan explained that the so-called ceasefire announcement by the militia came only after its takeover of El Fasher, clearly a tactical move made knowing that the Sudanese Armed Forces would reject it unless the militia surrendered its weapons and withdrew from civilian areas. He concluded that, in reality, no ceasefire is possible under such circumstances.

When asked why the international community remains largely silent, Coghlan’s answer was blunt. The issue, he said, is not forgotten but deliberately marginalized. The reason, he explained, is that the UAE—one of the West’s closest allies—is the state enabling this genocide. “This is a very ugly truth,” he added, “and an extremely uncomfortable one for Western governments, including Canada.”

Coghlan went further, exposing Canada’s indirect complicity through two companies linked to the flow of weapons that ultimately reach the Janjaweed. The first is STREIT Group, a Canadian-owned manufacturer based in the UAE that produces armored vehicles seen in the hands of the militia in Darfur. The second is a company in British Columbia that makes rifles which also appeared in the group’s possession. Although he does not believe these weapons were sold to the militia directly, Coghlan emphasized that they reached them through the UAE, revealing serious gaps in Canada’s export control and end-user verification systems. He described this as a clear violation of both Canadian and UN arms embargoes on Sudan.

He urged Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to launch an immediate investigation into the STREIT Group’s Canadian owner, under the country’s obligations as a signatory to the Arms Trade Treaty, which requires prosecution of nationals involved in illicit arms brokering. He criticized the government for failing to act, saying no such investigation has been initiated despite the clear legal duty to do so.

Coghlan also issued a direct message to Prime Minister Carney, who is set to visit the UAE next week, insisting that he has a moral and political responsibility to raise the issue of Emirati complicity in Sudan’s genocide directly with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed. “If he fails to bring this up,” Coghlan said, “it will be deeply disappointing—not just for me, but for many others.” He pointedly remarked, “If you asked any AI system today whether the UAE is enabling genocide in Darfur, it would simply answer: yes.”

He concluded that Canada owes it to the victims of this genocide to speak the truth publicly and hold all parties accountable, especially those fueling the violence through money, weapons, and silence.