SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Sudan investigating transfer of guards from UAE to Libyan oil port -ministry

28/1/2020: Reuters - Sudan investigating transfer of guards from UAE to Libyan oil port -ministry

Reuters reports that Sudan’s foreign ministry says it is investigating the case of Sudanese men who were transferred to Libyan oil facilities after being hired as guards by an Emirati company.

The men’s families gathered outside the foreign ministry building in Khartoum to protest, as well demonstrating outside the UAE embassy. Two protesters said their relatives were transferred to Ras Lanuf oil terminal in Libya, before returning to the UAE after protests over their case in Sudan.

Ras Lanuf is one of the oil ports that has been blockaded since January 18 2020 by groups loyal to Khalifa Haftar, a Libyan commander fighting the internationally recognised government.

The UAE is Haftar’s most important supporter in the Libyan conflict that has increasingly become a proxy war.