Dark Box EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Foreign Mercenaries & the UAE’s Shadow War in Sudan
Dark Box EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Foreign Mercenaries & the UAE’s Shadow War in Sudan
🧾 Dark Box EXCLUSIVE REPORT
Foreign Mercenaries & the UAE’s Shadow War in Sudan
A new exposé based on exclusive material obtained by Dark Box reveals the extensive foreign and regional mercenary network behind the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as well as the clandestine logistics and weapons routes fueling the war in Sudan.
🛑 April 15, 2023: A Foreign Voice Declares War
The war began not with a Sudanese soldier, but with the voice of a foreign mercenary near the Presidential Palace declaring:
“We have taken Sudan.”
Hours later, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) broadcast a message claiming he had surrounded army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
The failed coup marked the beginning of a war that has since engulfed Sudan, leaving cities in ruins and millions displaced. What has gone largely unreported, however, is the international mercenary architecture behind the RSF—a network tied directly to the United Arab Emirates.
🌍 A Foreign Legion of War
Dark Box confirms RSF ranks have been filled by fighters from:
- Chad
- Central African Republic
- Southern Libya
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Ethiopia
- Yemen
Warlords like Mahdi Bashir and Gen. Saleh al-Zoubaidi were recruited from Chad and C.A.R.—both died in RSF offensives near Al-Fashir.
💸 Arms, Fighters & the UAE Network
Key facts uncovered:
- In November 2024, Sudanese forces intercepted a convoy from Libya carrying mercenaries—including Cristian Lombana, a Colombian national who had traveled from the UAE to Libya, before entering Darfur.
- La Silla Vacía, a Colombian outlet, uncovered how retired Colombian Colonel Álvaro Quijano was recruited by Global Security Services Group (based in the UAE) to hire veterans for combat missions under false pretenses. They were told they’d be deployed as security abroad—many landed in Sudan’s war.
⚓ Bosaso: UAE’s Mercenary Launchpad
Sudan Plus footage and documents show that the Somali port of Bosaso (Puntland) is the epicenter of Emirati operations. The UAE has:
- Built a military base there
- Installed Israeli radar systems
- Stationed Colombian mercenaries and drone operators
- Used the site to launch drone strikes, including attacks on Port Sudan
🧾 Exclusive: Mohammed al-Mazrouei, a senior UAE official, directly oversees Bosaso operations with Puntland police chief cooperation.
Named Emirati officers involved:
- Saeed Mohammed al-Alili (Intelligence Director)
- Major Hassan al-Balooshi
- Lt. Yousef Hamed
- Omar al-Balooshi
- Capt. Hajj al-Huwaidan
- Faraj Alaa al-Ali
🧠 Private Armies, Global Reach
In May 2025, Rodriguez, a retired Colombian soldier and head of Global Security Services Group, visited Bosaso to expand recruitment. His firm, co-run with Quijano, has funneled hundreds of fighters from Colombia to Sudan via UAE coordination.
By June 2025, attacks in the Darfur border triangle included logistical support from Khalifa Haftar’s forces in Libya—also backed by Abu Dhabi.
👶 Child Soldiers, Famine & Foreign Firepower
As Al-Fashir faces famine and siege, foreign mercenaries continue sniping, drone targeting, and heavy artillery shelling—alongside RSF units training child soldiers.
⚠️ A Colonial-Style War?
This war is no longer a local conflict.
It is a UAE-orchestrated international project, using foreign contractors, African warlords, and drone warfare to maintain influence over Sudanese territory, resources, and the post-war political order.
The question remains:
How long will the world stay silent while Sudan becomes a battlefield for a foreign-backed mercenary empire?
