Investigative Report Reveals the Presence of a Hidden RSF Military Base in the Libyan Desert

Sudanhorizon: Mohamed Osman Adam

This is a report published today (Sunday) by Radio France Internationale (RFI). It explains the extent to which Libyan territory, controlled by Khalifa Haftar’s forces, has become a rear base from which the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias launch their supply and logistics operations.
A research center specializing in digital and open sources has tracked the RSF movements, using to this end, satellite imagery, videos, and photos posted online. The investigation confirms the presence of a base for the group in the Libyan desert, near the city of Kufra.
The Center for Information Resilience (CIR) reported that the site is likely being used as a rear base for Rapid Support Forces operations in the Darfur region of Sudan.
The analysis, titled “How We Found a Rapid Support Forces Military Camp in the Libyan Desert,” shows that vehicles spotted at the Libyan camp later appeared at the Zamzam IDP camp, where the RSF militias carried out an attack in April.
Clementine Nkweta Salami, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan at the time, said that at least 100 people were killed in the attack, including more than 20 children and at least nine aid workers.
She added that attacks against civilians, humanitarian workers, and civilian infrastructure are serious violations of international humanitarian law, adding that such acts are abhorrent and unforgivable.
CIRAL noted that it also identified a direct link between the Libyan site and a senior Rapid Support Forces commander later seen in Zamzam, the country’s largest IDPs camp, which hosts nearly a million people displaced by the war.
“Weaponized Convoys”
The investigation shows large convoys of Toyota Land Cruisers equipped with weapons, photographed at various times in the desert. These same vehicles, parked in a rocky area in southern Libya, were later seen in the Zamzam camp.
The Center reported that Zamzam camp is now being used as a base by Colombian mercenaries and other foreign fighters involved in the Rapid Support Forces’ attacks on Al Fashir, the capital of North Darfur.
The Rapid Support Forces have besieged the city for 18 months.
These findings emerged as a court in Port Sudan charged RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, two of his brothers, and 13 others in absentia with genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
The charges relate to the April 2023 attack on El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur.
One RSF commander, Abdelrahman Jumaa, is accused of leading the attack on El Geneina, overseeing the June 2023 killing of West Darfur Governor Khamis Abdullah Abkar, and committing genocide against thousands of Masalit people, including burying some alive. According to the Special Court for Combating Terrorism and Crimes Against the State, the other defendants instigated the attack and committed rape, torture, and looting.
“Presence of Senior RSF Generals”
The – Centre for Information Resilience investigation also confirmed the presence of Major General Hamdan al-Kajli, the security chief for Abdel Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, the RSF’s second-in-command. Al-Kajli has been seen on several occasions, notably in a vehicle spotted in Zamzam in April.
Investigators say al-Kajli was seriously wounded near Al Fashir in early April while traveling in an armored vehicle. He was taken to the Turkish Hospital in Nyala, South Darfur, where RSF injured are treated.
The Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) probes say other men directly responsible for Dagalo’s security were also killed.
Some of the videos show camouflage uniforms and shoulder patches belonging to the RSF. The vehicles, which do not have license plates, bear identical characteristics—the same model, the same weapons, the same water packs.
Painted numbers on the hoods and doors of vehicles were used to track vehicle movements across locations. According to a CIR investigation, RSF military equipment is being transported extensively through Libya.
This information supports the findings of UN experts, who highlighted arms embargo violations in 2024, noting a supply route from Abu Dhabi to Darfur via Chad, as well as through Libya.
Last April, UN Secretary-General António Guterres criticized the continued flow of weapons and fighters into Sudan and called for an end to all forms of external support.
In June, the RSF seized the triangle area in northwestern Sudan along the border with Libya and Egypt.
The group is now using this area to bring in supplies from Libya without interference.

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