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Darfur Express: EU’s Complicity, UAE Petro-Dollars, and the Road to Genocide in Sudan
By Sabah Al-Makki Writing from within the storm From Dubai to Darfur, through Libyan ports and under the watch of the European Union, the vessel Aya 1 charted a course that carried more than cargo. Laden with Emirati armored vehicles and munitions, its passage across the Mediterranean told the story of a collapsing embargo, a flourishing smuggling empire, and Europe’s descent from silence into complicity. The Italian daily Il Foglio uncovered this shadowy trade in…
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Darfur Express: Thus, the EU turned a blind eye to the violation of the arms embargo in Libya and Darfur
Translated by Brown Land News Investigative Desk Introduction (Disclaimer) The following text is a literal, word-for-word translation of an investigative article published by the Italian newspaper il Foglio on 26 August 2025, titled “Darfur Express: Così l’Ue ha chiuso un occhio davanti alla violazione dell’embargo delle armi in Libia e Darfur” by Luca Gambardella. It has been translated as faithfully as possible to preserve the original meaning, structure, and wording. No commentary, interpretation, or editorial…
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The Hoax of a “Captagon Hub”: Deconstructing the Smear Campaign Against Sudan
By: Sabah Al-Makki Writing from within the storm The August 2025 report, Sudan’s Emergence as a New Captagon Hub, published by the New Lines Institute (NLI), is more rhetorical than analytical. It acknowledges Sudanese interdictions yet recasts them as evidence of complicity. Every industrial-scale laboratory dismantled was located in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) -occupied territory. The report admits this but cloaks it in tentative phrasing such as “potential involvement” or “enabling production,” while describing…
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Colombian Mercenaries “The Desert Wolves Battalion” in Darfur: Foreign Firepower in a Proxy War
By: Sabah Al-Makki Sabah Al-Makki- Writing from within the storm Outsiders have long portrayed Sudan’s war as a purely domestic feud. Yet mounting evidence — from classified operational orders to recovered battlefield footage — points to a far more dangerous reality: Sudan’s frontlines are increasingly manned by foreign mercenaries, flown in from thousands of miles away to fight in a conflict that is not their own. They serve under the banner of the Rapid Support…
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The Silent Front: How the UAE Turned Somalia into a Proxy War Platform
By Mohamed Saad Kamel, Editor-in-Chief and Sabah Al-Makki, Assistant Editor Mohamed Saad Kamel From radar installations in Bosaso to fortified military bases in Berbera, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has quietly entrenched itself along the Horn of Africa—arming Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), trafficking gold, livestock, and resources, and orchestrating strikes from the shadows. This is no humanitarian presence. It is a meticulously engineered war corridor, built offshore and shrouded in the language of aid,…
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Niger Withdraws from Lake Chad Military Force: What’s the Story?
Exclusive Report by Brown LandBy Mohamed Saad KamilEditor-in-Chief The Nigerien government announced via state television its withdrawal from a multinational military force combating Islamist militant groups in the Lake Chad region, citing a renewed focus on securing domestic oil infrastructure.The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), comprising troops from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger, was established in 2015 to counter Boko Haram. However, progress has been hampered by internal divisions, poor coordination, and funding shortages, allowing…