Hyderabad, March 7 -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has condemned the case brought against it by Sudan at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), dismissing it as "a cynical publicity stunt" and vowing to seek its "immediate dismissal."

On Thursday, March 6, Sudan filed a case against the UAE, accusing it of being "complicit in the genocide of the Masalit" in West Darfur through its "direction of and provision of extensive financial, political, and military support for the rebel RSF militia since 2023."

Sudan alleged that the UAE had enabled "genocide, murder, theft of property, rape, forcible displacement, trespassing, vandalism of public property, and violations of human rights" by backing the RSF and allied militias.

It urged the...