Atrocities in Sudan backed by Colombian mercenaries trained at UAE bases, says report

Atrocities in Sudan backed by Colombian mercenaries trained at UAE bases, says report Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 05/26/2026 - 12:51 Hundreds of Colombian contractors transited through Emirati bases in Sudan to support the RSF Sudanese students leave a school operated by the Sudanese Coalition for Education for All, in partnership with Unicef, south of Port Sudan on 26 April 2026 (Khaled Desouki/AFP) Off Columbian mercenaries who helped carry out atrocities in Sudan were trained at Emirati bases in the country, according to a new report. Human Rights Watch said it had evidence that special military contractors sent Colombians to the north African country to back the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary in their fight against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The report said that since 2024, Global Security Services Group (GSSG), an Abu Dhabi-based security company, has hired hundreds of Colombian private military contractors who deployed to Sudan to fight alongside the RSF. The contractors had transited through Emirati bases in Sudan to join the fighting. HRW said this constituted further evidence of Emirati complicity in violence carried out by the RSF, who are accused of genocide, mass sexual assault and other war crimes in Sudan. The rights group said it has strengthened the case for taking action against the UAE while it continued to support the RSF. “The recruitment of Colombian private military contractors adds to a growing body of evidence that the UAE provides military support to the Rapid Support Forces, which have repeatedly carried out heinous atrocities in Sudan,” said Mausi Segun, executive director of the Africa Division at Human Rights Watch. “Governments...

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