Leaked UN report confirms UAE sent Colombian mercenaries to Sudan.
Emirati diplomat Lana Nusayeva, a candidate to become the next UN Secretary-General, has encountered another obstacle following revelations from a leaked report submitted to the UN Security Council.
The classified document confirms that the United Arab Emirates has deployed Colombian mercenaries to Sudan to assist the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a militia that the United Nations says has committed genocide in the Darfur region of western Sudan.
According to the report, the mercenaries were hired by Global Security Services Group, a private security company from Abu Dhabi with strong political, business and family ties to senior members of the Emirati ruling family.