KHARTOUM (Dispatches) -- The Sudanese government has filed a damning complaint to the United Nations Security Council, accusing the United Arab Emirates of orchestrating a covert military intervention that has fueled the country’s brutal civil war. 
In a six-page letter accompanied by extensive evidence, Sudan’s Permanent Representative Al-Harith Idriss al-Harith described the UAE as the “diabolic architect” behind the protracted conflict, directly financing and deploying hundreds of foreign mercenaries to support the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
According to the submission, the UAE recruited between 350 and 380 Colombian ex-soldiers through Emirati-based private security companies, including Global Security Services Group and the International Services Agency. These men were reportedly misled into believing they were being hired for security roles, only to find themselves embedded in a foreign war.
The mercenaries, Sudan alleges, were flown through a UAE-controlled network spanning Somalia, Libya, and Chad, before being deployed into RSF-controlled areas in Sudan. The government claims the Emirati airlift involved 248 secret flights between November 2024 and February 2025, supplying fighters and weaponry into active war zones including Khartoum, El Fasher, and Omdurman.
These fighters are accused of operating drones, artillery, and armored vehicles, with video evidence said to show them engaged on the front lines. Even more disturbing are allegations that some participated in war crimes, including the use of white phosphorus munitions and training of child soldiers—clear violations of international humanitarian law.
Sudan’s complaint paints the UAE as more than a bystander. It portrays Abu Dhabi as a reckless power using proxy warfare to pursue regional ambitions at the cost of Sudanese lives and sovereignty. The exploitation of Sudan’s natural resources—such as gold and gum Arabic—through military smuggling networks further underscores the UAE’s extractive motives.