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Monday, 10 July

23:00

Libya's Haftar 'rerouting' supplies to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces "IndyWatch Feed War"

Libya's Haftar 'rerouting' supplies to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces

Sources in southern Libya say the commander is helping the Sudanese paramilitary group - and that supply lines have changed

Samira Elsaidi Mon, 07/10/2023 - 14:00

Goats walk by a surface-to-air missile (SAM) near the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk, in 2011 (AFP)

International monitoring has pushed Khalifa Haftar into changing the routes his forces use to supply Sudans Rapid Support Forces (RSF), local sources close to the eastern Libyan commander have told Middle East Eye.

Politicians, analysts and intelligence sources from southern Libya confirmed to MEE that Haftar is involved in the supply of arms and fuel to the paramilitary group, which has been at war with the Sudanese army since 15 April.

While pictures of shipments of weapons being transported from military bases in eastern Libya were published early in the conflict, the sources also revealed the names of airbases they said are now being used as launching points for cargo.

In an exclusive interview, Saad Bou Shradah, a member of Libyas state council from the countrys south, told MEE that Haftars Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) is flying military supplies from its territory to the Central African Republic, from where they are driven by car across the border into the Sudanese interior.

Sources inside Haftar's operation, who spoke anonymously because they are not authorised to talk to the media, confirmed this. Opposition sources in CAR have previously told MEE that the government there is working with the Wagner Group to supply the RSF.

19:33

US accused of leaving innocents stranded in Sudan "IndyWatch Feed World"

For many, a safe haven is now out of reach amid the continuing violence in the African country, Gebrehiwot Ewnetu has told RT. The emergency exit plan enacted by US diplomats in Sudan, which involved destroying all passports submitted to the embassy, has left hundreds of innocent people stranded. Policy and governance expert Gebrehiwot Ewnetu told RT on Saturday that the victims of Washington's hasty withdrawal from the country, which is engulfed by clashes between rival factions, face enormous problems in replacing their documents. When fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces erupted in April, Washington ordered its personnel to evacuate. This prompted the embassy in Khartoum to scramble to destroy classified documents and passports in its files. A State Department spokeswoman confirmed as much to the New York Times, describing it as "standard operating procedure" to prevent sensitive materials from falling into the wrong hands.

18:22

Nearly 3 Million Displaced by Conflict in Sudan in Less than Three Months "IndyWatch Feed War"

Human Wrongs Watch

People fleeing the ongoing fighting in Sudan arrive in Chad. Photo: IOM/F. Ada Affana

Geneva/Cairo/Port Sudan, 6 July 2023 (IOM)* Nearly 3 million people have been displaced internally and across borders by the conflict in Sudan, in less than three months.

In addition to the more than 2.2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), nearly 700,000 others have fled into neighbouring countries, according to the latest figures by the International Organization for Migrations (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM).

Most of the people displaced in Sudan have fled from Khartoum state (67%) and Darfur (33%) towards Northern state (16%), River Nile (14%), West Darfur (7%) and White Nile states.

Food, access to health ser......