The Galix defense system – manufactured in France by KNDS and Lacroix – is used by ground forces to combat close range attacks.
Amnesty said the weapon could be used to commit or facilitate serious rights abuses, adding that the French government should ensure that companies “immediately stop supplying this system to the UAE”.
The human rights group shared verified images of destroyed vehicles on the ground that showed the Galix system.
“If France cannot guarantee through export controls, including end-user certification, that the weapons will not be re-exported to Sudan, it should not allow these shipments,” it said.
The UN first imposed an arms embargo on Darfur in 2004 following allegations of ethnic cleansing of the region’s non-Arab population.
Amnesty has called for the embargo to be extended to the rest of Sudan and for the monitoring mechanism to be strengthened since civil war broke out last year.
Amnesty called on all countries to stop the direct and indirect supply of arms to Sudan’s warring factions.
The paramilitary RSF, led by General Mohamed Hamdan Daghla, has been at war with Sudan’s regular army under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan since April 2023, when the two former allies took up arms against each other in a bitter power struggle.
The RSF has been accused of ethnic cleansing in Darfur, which it denies, blaming local militias.
Both sides have been accused of war crimes, and the ongoing fighting has left thousands dead and millions displaced.
