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RSF gives control of Darfur camp to Colombian mercenaries, spokesman says |
2025-08-05 |
[SUDANTRIBUNE] The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have handed over control of the massive Zamzam camp for displaced people to Colombian mercenaries, a camp front man alleged on Sunday, months after the RSF seized the area. The allegation follows the broadcast of video clips by the Sudan ![]() ese army, purportedly recovered from a dead fighter's phone, which appear to show Spanish-speaking mercenaries inside Zamzam camp. The army claimed the men were Colombian nationals killed in recent battles for El Fasher. ''We have witnessed with our own eyes a dual crime: the displacement of our people last April at the hands of the RSF militia, and now the occupation of the camp by foreign mercenaries,'' said Zamzam front man Mohammed Khamis Douda in a statement. He described seeing armed, Spanish-speaking groups moving freely ''among the rubble of homes and the unburied bodies of victims,'' calling it a war crime and part of a conspiracy to hide a massacre. Douda argued the mercenaries' presence refutes RSF claims that its attacks only targeted military sites. ''It is a war of annihilation against unarmed civilians, followed by a systematic occupation with the help of foreign mercenaries,'' he said. The claims build on earlier reports. Military sources previously told Sudan Tribune that after seizing the camp, the RSF converted it into a military barracks, installing Howitzer cannons used to shell El Fasher from the site. |
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