Exclusive: UK leans towards backing UAE's Lana Nusseibeh for UN secretary-general

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Nusseibeh's candidacy has drawn controversy over the UAE's alleged support for the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan The United Kingdom is leaning towards backing Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh as secretary-general of the United Nations, Middle East Eye can reveal. Nusseibeh's candidacy has drawn controversy over the United Arab Emirates' role in Sudan’s civil war, where it is accused of supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, whose mass killings UN investigators say bear the “hallmarks o