United Nations reports continue to reveal the UAE’s role in constantly tampering in Libya, and its involvement in supporting Haftar with mercenaries and weapons.
While the UAE claims that it has stopped supporting any activity that violates United Nations resolutions after the signing of the cease-fire resolution between the Libyan parties, a report by United Nations experts confirmed the UAE’s continued funding of Sudanese rebel movements present in Libya during the year 2021.
Continuous and diversified financing
A new report by United Nations experts revealed the UAE’s funding to bring Sudanese mercenaries from both sides of the conflict in Sudan through the Rapid Support Forces loyal to the Sudanese government and the rebel movements against it in the Darfur region.
The report confirmed that the activities of Sudanese mercenaries, “funded by the UAE in Libya,” represented the main source of funding in 2021 for most of the armed movements in the Darfur region, western Sudan.
The report added that the five main rebel movements in Darfur are present in Libya and are still receiving financial and logistical support from the Emirates, according to an agreement concluded at a meeting in Libya between their military leaders and representatives of the Emirates.
According to the report, these mercenaries belong to movements that have signed, and others that have not signed the Juba Peace Agreement of October 2020.
confusion in statements
It is revealed that most of the armed groups in Darfur continued to work for Haftar last year by securing areas and establishing observation and check points.
While the statements of a number of Haftar’s military leaders about the exit of mercenaries conflicted, while member of the Joint Military Committee 5 + 5 affiliated with Haftar, Marja’ al-Amami, confirmed the deportation of 300 fighters of Sudanese nationality by air to their country, committee member Faraj al-Susaa’ denied the evacuation, stressing that the committee continue meeting to set a date for the evacuation of mercenaries from Libya, since the agreed plan requires a simultaneous withdrawal from all areas.
exchange benefits
Observers believe that Emirati funding reveals the secret behind this inconsistency in the statements of Haftar’s leaders; Because the mercenaries are committed to staying in Libya; as they are financial beneficiaries, as well as Haftar.
The UN report confirmed that Haftar’s militias take a share of the Emirati funds before handing them over to Sudanese mercenaries.
Activists on social media circulated a video clip of a number of mercenaries asking Haftar to pay their salaries, stressing that they will remain in Libya until all their agreed-upon money is taken.
previous involvement
Reports of United Nations experts have previously revealed the presence of Sudanese mercenaries in Libya. One of these reports issued in 2020 confirmed “the presence of five Sudanese and four other Chadian groups participating with Haftar in his aggression on Tripoli in 2019.”
The report showed, according to France 24, that the officers of the Sudan Liberation Army in the ranks of Haftar’s militias received a monthly salary of 5 thousand and 200 dinars, and the fighters received 5 thousand and 100 Libyan dinars, and that they seek to strengthen themselves by earning money, weapons and equipment, especially that Haftar provides each group of 10 mercenaries With a vehicle and weapons.
Black Shield scandal
In the context of the Emirati role in bringing the mercenary to Libya, hundreds of Sudanese demonstrated in July 2020 in front of the UAE embassy in Khartoum; Denouncing what Black Shield did by employing more than 270 Sudanese on the basis of work in the UAE, but the company trained them militarily for the purpose of transporting them to fight in Libya.
