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Sudan Mercenaries Linked to Business Partner of Top UAE Bureaucrat
Sudan Mercenaries: Linked to Business Partner of Top UAE Bureaucrat The Sentry November 2025 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Blood Money How UAE Support and Foreign Mercenaries
FULL TEXT Blood Money: How UAE Support and Foreign Mercenaries April 2026 Conflict Insights Group You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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Sudan: Colombians Linked to Atrocities Trained in UAE Bases
Sudan: Colombians Linked to Atrocities Trained in UAE Bases Abu Dhabi Should End All Military Support to Abusive RSF Click to expand Image Spanish-speaking private military contractors and RSF fighters gathering… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Boeings identified in Reuters report carried weapons for Sudanese paramilitary, UN experts find
Boeings identified in Reuters report carried weapons for Sudanese paramilitary, UN experts find 29th July 2026 By: Reuters United Nations experts have found that Boeing 727s linked by Reuters to a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
France’s Troubling Silence on the UAE Role in Sudan
July 23, 2026 8:49AM EDT | Commentary Available In English العربية Français France’s Troubling Silence on the UAE Role in Sudan France Should Suspend Arms Deliveries to the UAE and Support… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Outside forces fuel Sudan war, new report finds
Outside forces fuel Sudan war, new report finds © UNDP/Giles Clarke People displaced by conflict take shelter at a bus station in Gedaref, Sudan. 3 September 2026 Human Rights Foreign… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Colombian Mercenaries Accused Of Atrocities In Sudan
A photo posted on the social media account of a Colombian mercenary in June 2025 shows a quadcopter drone and a monitor in an unknown location. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Colombian Mercenaries… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Treasury Sanctions Transnational Network Recruiting Colombians to Fight in Sudan’s Civil War
the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on four individuals and four entities for their roles in fueling the civil war in Sudan, a conflict that has provoked the world’s worst ongoing humanitarian crisis. This transnational network—primarily composed of Colombian nationals and companies—recruits former Colombian military personnel and trains soldiers, including children, to fight for the Sudanese paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Continue reading
A UN Panel Puts Colombian Contractors at the Centre of Sudan’s War
A UN Panel Puts Colombian Contractors at the Centre of Sudan’s War By Amina Diarra · September 4, 2026 · 7 min read Africa Intelligence SUDAN · GEOPOLITICS Key Facts —What… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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UN report details foreign networks fueling war in Sudan
The United Nations said in a report Thursday that foreign networks are helping fuel the brutal war in Sudan that has raged between the army and the paramilitary group Rapid Security Forces since 2023, killing at least 59,000 people, displacing some 13 million and pushing many parts of the African nation into famine. Continue reading
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