Ottawa strengthens UAE partnership as atrocities continue in Sudan

China is not the only source of weapons that likely reach the RSF through the UAE however. Raymond notes that arms produced by Canadian companies, including Sterling Cross and the Streit Group, have also made their way onto the battlefield and into the hands of the RSF.

Sterling Cross has not publicly clarified whether it has sold weapons to the UAE, and a 2016 United Nations report accused the Streit Group of supplying arms to the Emirates.

Organizations such as the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights have called on Canada to enact an arms embargo against the UAE and to target key perpetrators and enabling entities with sanctions.