A camp for people displaced from El Fasher, Sudan, in 2025 (file). Photo: Ahmed 222222 via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
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UN finds foreign networks fuelling Sudan’s civil war.
A UN-backed fact-finding mission says foreign recruitment networks and outside support are prolonging Sudan's civil war, supplying weapons, military technology and personnel to both warring sides but especially the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
The report, released this week, documents up to 2,000 Colombian military contractors operating combat drones and artillery for the RSF, alongside fighters from South Sudan, Chad and Ethiopia serving in frontline roles. Investigators traced recruiters and private entities to Colombia and the United Arab Emirates, with transit routes running through Chad, Libya and Somalia.
Civilians pay the price
The mission said enhanced drone capability has let both sides strike far behind front lines, citing an RSF strike on Kalogi that killed 114 people and an army strike on Ad-Da'ein that killed more than 70. "The consequences of this external support are being felt most acutely by civilians," said mission chair Mohamed Chande Othman.
Sudan's war, now in its fourth year since fighting broke out between the army and the RSF in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 12 million, one of the world's largest displacement crises.
Colombia, the UAE, Chad and Somalia all rejected or questioned the mission's findings when investigators put the allegations to them.
Sources: Al Jazeera; Africanews
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A UN-backed fact-finding mission says foreign recruitment networks and outside support are prolonging Sudan’s civil war, supplying weapons, military technology and personnel to both warring sides but especially the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
The report, released this week, documents up to 2,000 Colombian military contractors operating combat drones and artillery for the RSF, alongside fighters from South Sudan, Chad and Ethiopia serving in frontline roles. Investigators traced recruiters and private entities to Colombia and the United Arab Emirates, with transit routes running through Chad, Libya and Somalia.
Civilians pay the price
The mission said enhanced drone capability has let both sides strike far behind front lines, citing an RSF strike on Kalogi that killed 114 people and an army strike on Ad-Da’ein that killed more than 70. “The consequences of this external support are being felt most acutely by civilians,” said mission chair Mohamed Chande Othman.
Sudan’s war, now in its fourth year since fighting broke out between the army and the RSF in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 12 million, one of the world’s largest displacement crises.
Colombia, the UAE, Chad and Somalia all rejected or questioned the mission’s findings when investigators put the allegations to them.
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