UAE welcomes US terrorist designation for Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan

The UAE welcomed on Monday the United States' decision to label the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan a terrorist organization. The designation, which will be effective in a week, comes after the US in January made the same declaration for several other Brotherhood branches, including in its historic base of Egypt. "The United Arab Emirates welcomed the announcement by the administration of US President Donald Trump to designate the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan as a terrorist organization," the foreign ministry said in a statement on X. The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) also welcomed Washington's decision. The group said the move "reflects growing awareness of the scale of suffering the Sudanese people have endured during the past years". The paramilitary group has widely been accused of committing mass atrocities in Sudan, with the United States saying last year that the RSF had carried out acts of genocide against black Sudanese. The designation was likewise welcomed by a Sudanese civil coalition led by former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok, who said it was "a reflection of the will of the vast majority of the Sudanese people who rose up" in the 2019 revolution. Announcing the new designation, the US accused the Brotherhood in Sudan of using "unrestrained violence against civilians to undermine efforts to resolve the conflict".