Britain spends £2.4m training security forces of oppressive African countries Britain's £2.4 million support for the two African countries also included military logistics, advanced command and staff courses, strategic intelligence and evaluating challenges to state sovereignty. Dr Gebreil Fediel, a UK-based Sudanese exile who is set to challenge the legality of the British Government's relations with his native country in the High Court next month, voiced concerns about the help provided. "If it was and is the intention of the UK authorities to teach Sudan's police and security officers how to conduct these matters in a democratic manner, it has failed," he told the Guardian. The brutality and genocidal activities of government of Sudan state organs against its own citizens is widely documented. The British Government said it did not offer direct military support to either Sudan or the Democratic Republic of Congo, and was seeking to improve respect for human rights and "foster stability in fragile regions." A spokesman added: "For each funding decision an assessment of the risk of human rights abuses is carried out. Her Majesty's Government conducts continual assessment of its programmes, and human rights compliance is a cardinal criterion of this.