Double Standards on Mercenary Use in African Conflicts: UAE's Role in Sudan Evades Scrutiny
The article analyzes the disproportionate international criticism of mercenary use in African conflicts, contrasting the heavy sanctions and scrutiny faced by Russia's Wagner Group in Mali and the Central African Republic with the lack of accountability for the United Arab Emirates' involvement in Sudan. It reports that Colombian mercenaries, hired through a Colombian firm A4S1 and an Emirati security company Global Security Services Group, are training the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, traveling via UAE military facilities and Libya. The mercenaries, mostly former soldiers, are paid $2,600-$3,600 monthly, far above their Colombian pensions. Despite evidence of UAE-supplied weaponry (including French and Chinese systems) and mercenaries supporting RSF genocidal actions in El-Fasher—including mass killings and starvation—only the US has imposed limited sanctions on individuals and recruitment firms, while the UAE faces no substantive consequences. The author argues this selective accountability, driven by Western foreign policy priorities favoring the UAE, weakens international norms and emboldens perpetrators.
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