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‘Air thick with flies’: UAE’s Colombian mercenaries recount horrors of Sudan siege

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:17 August 2026
Post last modified:17 August 2026

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) proxy war in Sudan has killed and displaced millions. The UK and the rest of the international community have let the war roll on unabated. Former members of the UAE’s Colombian mercenary corps have now recounted the siege and the fall of the city of El Fasher in 2025. UAE: complicity One soldier, named as Luis, described the aftermath of the assault in horrific detail: The air was thick with flies, drawn by both the dead bodies and the heaps of trash. There were bodies that had already turned purple from being exposed to the sun…

Sudan: UAE-linked Colombian mercenaries operating amid genocide

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:27 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Colombian mercenaries are being hired, trained and moved into Sudan by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a new report warns. The east African nation is locked into a civil war between the Sudanese government and the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces. Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported this week: Colombian private military contractors, apparently hired by a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company, transited through UAE military bases before being deployed to Sudan to support the abusive Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This is further evidence indicating that the UAE is assisting or otherwise substantially contributing to the Rapid Support Forces’ capacity to commit war…