The United Nations has said that the commercial port of Bosaso, Puntland, has become a regular route used by an international network of arms, military equipment and foreign fighters to RSF forces fighting in Sudan
A new report by the UN Independent Fact-Finding Commission on Sudan says there are reasonable grounds to believe that a network linking the United Arab Emirates, Chad, southeastern Libya and Puntland has facilitated RSF military operations.
The commission said that locations in Chad, Libya and Puntland were used as transit and logistics hubs for the transfer of arms, personnel and other military supplies to RSF-controlled areas.
The UN report specifically focused on Bosaso and did not provide details about possible collaboration between Puntland government and RSF rebels of Sudan. However, there has been growing concern that third party also involve in transfer of military equipment and mercenaries to the war-torn Sudan as UAE and Puntland administration and RSF have longstanding cooperation regarding these issues since the beginning of war in Sudan.
“The evidence identifies Bosaso, semi-autonomous region of Somalia, as a regular logistics hub and route,” the UN commission said.
According to the report, individuals and entities affiliated with the UAE used Bosaso to transport personnel and cargo to RSF-controlled areas.
The United Nations has said that the city of Bosaso, the commercial center of Puntland, has become a regular transit point for an international network that transfers weapons, military equipment and foreign fighters UN says Bosaso has become a hub for arms and fighters to RSF
The United Nations has said that the commercial port of Bosaso, Puntland, has become a regular route used by an international network of arms, military equipment and foreign fighters to RSF forces fighting in Sudan.
A new report by the UN Independent Fact-Finding Commission on Sudan says there are reasonable grounds to believe that a network linking the United Arab Emirates, Chad, southeastern Libya and Puntland has facilitated RSF military operations.
The commission said that locations in Chad, Libya and Puntland were used as transit and logistics hubs for the transfer of arms, personnel and other military supplies to RSF-controlled areas.
As the war in Sudan becomes regional war it’s clear that so many state and non-state actors involve in this bloody and ruthless war. Where the Sudanese civilians are paying the highest price. Since the war began in Sudan on April 15, 2023, it has triggered by a violent power struggle between two dominant military faction, the government and the RSF both of them have committed atrocities and war crimes. However, there are numerous actors involve in the war and fueling the animosity of the warring groups. Due to their interest on Sudanese natural resources, Gold and Oil.
Key actors involve the war in Sudan:
Key External Actors & Why They Are Involved
- United Arab Emirates (UAE): Accused of providing significant financial, logistical, and military backing to the RSF, driven by deep economic ties to Sudan’s gold trade and strategic interests in Red Sea ports.
- Russia: Has supplied weapons and military advice to the RSF (partly through the former Wagner network) in exchange for securing a foothold on the Red Sea and access to gold.
- Egypt: Generally aligned with the official state military (SAF) to secure its southern border and manage regional stability, while balancing complex regional economic pressures.
- Other Regional Powers: Countries like Chad, Libya (via Khalifa Haftar supporting the RSF), Ethiopia, and Iran have provided varying levels of logistical support, supply lines, or proxy backing based on local security and geopolitical leverage
However, the role of Somalia in general is limited a political support to the government of Khartoum as Somalia has longstanding amicable, religious, cultural, educational and brotherhood especial relationship with Sudan in Centuries even way before the independence of the two nations. But the current development in Puntland is alarming to the government in Mogadishu, Puntland is a clan-based, semi-secessionist, centra-fugal region where the federal government of Somalia has no De’facto control in that territory. As Puntland leadership established clandestine relationship with both UAE and RSF it becomes a hub of logistics and mercenaries for RSF.
Written by: Omar Ahmed Malin
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