Overview
- On Thursday the UN fact‑finding mission reported reasonable grounds to believe transnational networks in the UAE, Chad, Libya, Somalia and elsewhere supplied the Rapid Support Forces with weapons, logistics, training and foreign personnel.
- The mission said investigators found evidence that up to about 2,000 Colombian contractors operated and maintained advanced weapons and combat drones alongside RSF units in Darfur and Kordofan.
- The report documents strikes by foreign‑supplied drones and loitering munitions that hit markets, hospitals, schools and displacement sites and says some attacks by both the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces may amount to war crimes.
- Investigators urged the UN Security Council to extend the Darfur arms embargo across all of Sudan and to target the companies, brokers and transport hubs that keep weapons and mercenaries moving.
- Key states named in the report, notably the United Arab Emirates and Chad, have denied the allegations while the mission said its inquiry into external support for the Sudanese military remains at an early stage and could prompt sanctions or prosecutions.