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UAE sentences eight Sudanese men, including army deputy chief, to life

Original: #Daily_Brief: #UAE sentences eight #Sudanese men, including army deputy chief, to life over arms deals Addis Abeba — An Abu Dhabi court has sentenced eight Sudanese men, including Sudanese Army Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yasser al-Atta and form

An Abu Dhabi court has sentenced eight Sudanese men to life in prison over arms deals, among them Yasser al-Atta, deputy commander-in-chief of the Sudanese army, and a former official. The verdict, in absentia according to reports, is a sharp escalation in tensions between the UAE and Sudan's military leadership amid the country's civil war.

Why now: Sentencing a sitting senior Sudanese military commander by a UAE court is an extraordinary diplomatic move amid the Sudan war.

United Arab EmiratesSudanYasser al-AttaAbu Dhabi

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