Sudan has cut diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after repeatedly accusing the Gulf nation of backing the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the country's civil war. The announcement comes after the RSF were blamed for three days of attacks on the usually safe city of Port Sudan.

The United Arab Emirates' foreign ministry said on Wednesday it did not recognise a decision by Sudan's army-affiliated defence council to sever ties with the Gulf country.

Sudan’s military-backed government formally cut ties with the United Arab Emirates over what it described as “ongoing aggression” in the North African nation’s civil war.