Overview

• Sudan’s foreign ministry released documents and videos alleging that Abu Dhabi hired and financed hundreds of thousands of mercenaries, including Colombians, to fight with the Rapid Support Forces
• Footage purports to show Spanish-speaking combatants operating in Darfur’s Zamzam displaced-person camp after it fell to the RSF in April
• The United Arab Emirates has categorically denied any role in recruiting or funding mercenary forces in Sudan
• United Nations reports first flagged Colombian fighters in Darfur in late 2024 and has described the conflict as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
• Sudan’s government is calling for a UN investigation and potential legal action over what it describes as unlawful external interference by the UAE