Providing mercenaries in Libya's internal conflict has become the main source of revenue for armed groups from Sudan's own war-torn Darfur region, the United Nations said in a report Friday. The report, drawn up by UN experts in charge of monitoring the arms embargo imposed on Sudan, said the guns-for-hire deals had been facilitated by the United Arab Emirates. "Mercenary activities in Libya had been the major source of financing for most Darfurian movements" in 2021, the report said. It noted that thousands of Sudanese mercenaries are in Libya in the service of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army controlled by Marshal Khalifa Haftar. The UN experts said several "small groups" of Sudanese mercenaries operating in Libya had shown willingness to engage in peace talks and return to Sudan.

Source: Libya Today February 04, 2022 20:20 UTC