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Abu Dhabi sets up UAE Aid Agency, raising doubts about future of Emirates Red Crescent


Issue 1194 - 14 Nov 2024 | 1 minute read

The new UAE Aid Agency will take charge of the UAE’s international disaster relief activities, a role until now filled by the Emirates Red Crescent. The latter has become embroiled in allegations that the UAE has used a relief effort on the Chad-Sudan border as cover to funnel weapons to one of the main combatants in the Sudanese civil war.

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