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Emiratis accused of shipping arms from the South

Diplomats suspect Abu Dhabi is building a new military logistics centre, hidden alongside a hospital, for Hemeti’s forces across the border

In a blaze of publicity the United Arab Emirates announced 10 March the opening of the Madhol Field Hospital in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, adjacent to the Sudan border. The 100-bed hospital emergency care and specialist clinics will cater for ‘2 million South Sudanese, 300,000 returnees, 15,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs), and 20,000 refugees from Sudan’, according to UAE official media.

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