The UAE is sending advanced Chinese-made weaponry to Sudan in defiance of an arms embargo, according to a new report. Amnesty International said its investigation found that weaponry made in China had been captured in Khartoum.

The organisation said they had identified Chinese GB50A guided bombs and 155mm AH-4 howitzers, the use of which in Sudan Middle East Eye has previously reported on.

Amnesty said the guided bombs were manufactured by the Norinco Group - also known as China North Industries Group Corporation Limited - a Chinese state-owned defence corporation, adding it was the first time their use was documented in an active conflict.

Amnesty said China should, as a signatory to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), block sales to the UAE to prevent the re-export of their weaponry to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary organisation accused of widespread ethnic cleansing, rights abuses and sexual violence in Sudan.