A confidential United Nations report reveals that the UAE-based Global Security Services Group moved Colombian mercenaries through Libya, Somalia, and Chad to support the Rapid Support Forces. Once deployed, the fighters provided essential drone, artillery, and infantry operations that facilitated the RSF's capture of el-Fasher after a 500-day siege. The paramilitary group stands accused of genocide in Darfur, while weapons and supplies continue flowing through regional air and land transit routes. Emirati officials deny the findings, even as Sudan's diplomats argue the revelations should disqualify UAE candidate Lana Nusseibeh from leading the United Nations.
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Direct foreign mercenary involvement significantly enhanced the combat capabilities of Su…: Direct foreign mercenary involvement significantly enhanced the combat capabilities of Sudanese paramilitary forces facing genocide allegations in Darfur.
Emirati officials continue to reject all allegations of wrongdoing and maintain they take…: Emirati officials continue to reject all allegations of wrongdoing and maintain they take claims regarding mercenary involvement seriously.
The leaked findings have triggered strong diplomatic opposition against an Emirati candid…: The leaked findings have triggered strong diplomatic opposition against an Emirati candidate currently campaigning to become UN secretary-general.
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A confidential report by United Nations investigators “establishes conclusively” that the United Arab Emirates hired Colombian mercenaries to fight for Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The report, submitted to the UN Security Council last week and obtained by Middle East Eye, details how Global Security Services Group (GSSG), a UAE-based company with close ties to the government, moved the Colombians into Sudan through Libya, Somalia and Chad, where Emirati proxies control large swathes of territory.
The UN investigators also demonstrate that “the UAE-linked Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) base in Bosaso, Somalia, has been used as a site of transit and/or training for Colombian mercenaries prior to their deployment to Sudan”.
MEE and other outlets have previously reported on the use of Colombian mercenaries and the ports of Bosaso and Berbera by the UAE and RSF, which the UN and the United States has found to have committed genocide in Darfur, western Sudan.
Arms and other supplies have been flown in and transported overland to the RSF through territory controlled by the Haftar family and its militias in Libya,…
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