A New Draft UN Report Confirms Reuters’ Findings and Proves the Use of Boeing Aircraft to Transport Weapons, Ammunition, and Mercenaries to Sudan

Sudanhorizon – Agencies
Two days ago, Reuters published a second report after its editors reviewed the findings of a report prepared by UN experts. This report, expected to be published in September, confirms that the Boeing aircraft identified in the initial Reuters report, published on July 16, at N’Djamena airport, “have indeed transported weapons for Sudanese militias, as well as soldiers, ammunition, and Colombian mercenaries.”

Citing UN experts whose report is still being drafted, Reuters correspondents David Lewis, Reid Levinson, and Alexander Dziados confirmed that the experts concluded that the Boeing 727 aircraft, which Reuters linked to a business network belonging to a retired US military contractor, transported mercenaries, weapons, and drones for the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces.

The journalists noted that a draft report by UN experts, scheduled for release in September, provides further details on the role of these aircraft in transporting supplies to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which UN investigators have accused of committing genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region.
The report stated that the Panel received credible information from four sources indicating that the aircraft transported RSF fighters and mercenaries, as well as military equipment, including drones and weapons
The report cited two eyewitness accounts from Nyala, the RSF’s main military and logistical hub in Darfur, and correspondence from two member states as sources of information, without elaborating further.
The report indicated that the Panel’s findings are part of a broader investigation into violations of the arms embargo imposed on Darfur 22 years ago under UN Security Council Resolution 1591.
The UN Panel of Experts also confirmed that mercenaries from Colombia, transported via the United Arab Emirates, were flown to join the RSF in Darfur.
The agency reported that “UN investigators provided detailed information on the extent of support the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) received from Colombian mercenaries hired by a UAE-based company, noting that estimates of their numbers between 1,500 and 2,000 men are credible.”
The report indicated that the Colombian mercenaries, known as the “Desert Wolves,” established a base in Nyala in March 2025, where they fought alongside the RSF, operated drones, and participated in planning during the siege and capture of El Fasher in Darfur in October 2025.
The report concluded that the mercenaries were hired by the UAE-based Global Security Services Group (GSSG), a company owned by a businessman close to the UAE ruling family.
The agency referred to its investigation, published on July 15-16, which tracked the flight path of three old Boeing aircraft, operated by companies linked to Stephen Shawlis, a former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier and longtime U.S. government contractor, from an airport in Chad to logistics hubs used for the benefit of the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, Libya, and Somalia.

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