Sudan’s Ambassador to London Slams the International Community

Sudanese Ambassador Babiker Al-Siddiq Mohammed Al-Amin, Head of the Diplomatic Mission at the Sudanese Embassy in the United Kingdom, held a press conference at the Sudanese Embassy in London, attended by a number of Arab and foreign journalists.
He addressed developments in the political and humanitarian situation in Sudan.
The ambassador revealed what he described as compelling evidence of the UAE’s involvement in financing and managing the largest mercenary operation in modern African history through its support for the terrorist Rapid Support Forces (formerly the Janjaweed).

The ambassador said that documented reports reveal a broad network of foreign fighters, including mercenaries from Colombia, African, and European countries, recruited by private security companies based in the UAE and transported to Sudan to fight alongside the militia.
He pointed out that these elements are used to operate drones and heavy artillery, launch targeted attacks on civilians, and train children as young as ten years old to fight, in flagrant violation of international law.

The ambassador also detailed a secret operation dubbed “Desert Wolves,” during which hundreds of Colombian mercenaries were recruited through companies, transiting through the UAE, and then sent to Darfur, where they were implicated in bloody attacks and indiscriminate bombings, most notably the Zamzam camp massacre, which killed more than 1,500 civilians in April 2025.

On the humanitarian front, the ambassador spoke about the stifling siege imposed by the terrorist Rapid Support Forces militia on the city of El Fasher for more than a year, leading to a famine affecting approximately 1.5 million people, who are surviving on food scraps and animal feed. He said that the United Nations admitted its failure to bring even a single aid truck through the Adre crossing from Chad to the Zamzam camp, declaring a famine in August 2024, despite the Adre crossing remaining open for an entire year. The same applies to El Fasher, due to the militia’s refusal to allow humanitarian convoys to pass.

The ambassador also addressed the terrorist militia’s and its affiliates’ declaration of a fake authority, pointing to the opportunistic, criminal alliance between the militia and Abdelaziz al-Hilu’s movement to starve and kill the citizens of South Kordofan, particularly in the cities of Kadugli and Deleng.
He pointed to the strong stance of the African Union, the League of Arab States, and a number of sister and friendly countries against this false entity and their rejection of the fragmentation of Sudan. He called on members of the international community to emulate these positions, as failure to seriously confront this attempt will encourage the division of African countries and weaken international efforts to combat terrorism, especially since Africa is home to numerous armed movements, some of which employ terrorism.

The ambassador criticized the international community’s silence regarding these violations and called for:
• Imposing sanctions on governments, companies, and banks involved in financing mercenaries.
• Prosecuting militia leaders before international courts.
• Designating the Rapid Support Forces as an international terrorist organization and designating its sponsor a state sponsor of terrorism. The ambassador concluded by emphasizing that protecting civilians and stopping war crimes are urgent priorities, and that achieving a just and lasting peace in Sudan will only be achieved by halting support for terrorist militias and ending the suffering of the Sudanese people.