SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Guardian - Sudan accused of failing men who say they were duped into working in Libya

31/1/2020: Guardian - Sudan accused of failing men who say they were duped into working in Libya , by Kaamil Ahmed

In a feature piece, the Guardian reports on accusations that the Sudanese government is failing young men who claim they were tricked into guarding Libyan oil facilities by a security firm from the UAE.

One of the recruits, Hassan Saifuddin, said when he travelled to the UAE to take up a job as a security guard, the group was taken to a camp and given three months of military training, before being put on a military plane to Libya.

He added that the company refused to return them home, and that they were force to live in harsh conditions – without windows and doors - in abandoned facilities.

Although information minister Faisal Mohamed Salih said an “operations room” was set up to help the men examine their contracts, Mekki Ali Mahmoud, general secretary of the Sudanese Family Organisation, said the minister only made a statement due to increasing public pressure.