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Apr 21 • 13 tweets • 16 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Looking at the networks that support #Hemedti in #Sudan, an interesting carousel emerges with the #UAE in the middle

Network-centric statecraft at its best, involving #Libya, #Wagner and the War in #Yemen Image
2) starting with the #UAE's direct networks to #Sudan & the #RSF, Abu Dhabi has set up a well-oiled network of companies and financial institutions to support #Hemedti to bring gold to market and manage personal finances
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/c…
3) The #UAE have provided arms to #Hemedti's #RSF in #Sudan since 2019 - recent evidence suggest as late as 2021
msn.com/en-gb/news/wor…
4) Meanwhile the #UAE has been supporting #Wagner's ops in #Africa which has worked as a force multiplier to both the #LNA in #Libya and #Hemedit's #RSF
foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/30/pen…
The extent of the "Abu Dhabi Express" carousel providing #UAE facilitation to #Wagner and #LNA in #Libya is outline nicely here
newamerica.org/future-frontli…
6) in #Sudan the #UAE has used the carousel to help #Wagner bring gold to market that it extracted with #Hemedti concessions
middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-rus…
7) across #Africa the #UAE has provided logistical support to #Wagner ops in #Libya, #Sudan and #CAR via companies in the Wagner network that it allowed to operate from its territory- some have recently been sanctioned by US Treasury
al-monitor.com/originals/2023…
8) Meanwhile #Hemedti provided support to #Saudi & #UAE ops in #Yemen where it operated among others along the UAE's proxy #STC again issued with arms and money from Abu Dhabi
mei.edu/publications/e…
9) some of these arms the #UAE dumbed in #Yemen ended up in #Sudan and the hands of the #RSF
bellingcat.com/news/2019/08/2…
10) Now more on the #Libya angle, the #RSF was asked to support #Haftar and Wagner with 1,000 men
theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…
11) The #UAE's proxy in #Libya, #Haftar is now reciprocating this aid by sending symbolic aid to #Hemedti closing a cycle that is run through Abu Dhabi and directly aids #Russia's war in Africa
cnn.com/2023/04/20/afr…
12) some of the profits of this cycle end up in #Wagner hands and fuels #Russia's war in #Ukraine
telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/…
Here some more on the #Libya #Sudan networks

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Apr 19
Abu Dhabi has significant leverage over Hemedti

"With the sending of mercenaries to Yemen and the financial manna of gold smuggling for the #UAE, #Hemetti also became one of the richest and most powerful men in the country." #Sudan
rfi.fr/fr/afrique/202…
The #UAE have used their role as a regional hub to build broad networks in #Sudan making it an indispensable facilitator for the #RSF
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/c…
The UAE also provided information support to the #RSF:
"In October 2021 DFRLab reported on a Facebook network with links to Saudi and the #UAE, which was removed for “coordinated inauthentic behavior on behalf of a foreign or government entity.”
dfrlab.org/2023/04/18/pot…
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Feb 20, 2021
"The #UAE was the most likely foreign funder of the mercenary operation of #ErikPrince...The report points out that the mercenaries had offices, bank accounts and shell companies in the Emirates."
nytimes.com/2021/02/19/wor…
"#MBZ has longstanding ties to Prince and is probably #Haftar's most important foreign backer...Last year, the #UAE poured tons of weapons into Libya in blatant disregard for the arms embargo..." - Abu Dhabi has still not responded to the #UN Report
#MbZ once famously referred to Erik Prince as "his guy" considering how much the #UAE owed to Prince's mercenary know-how & networks
theintercept.com/2019/05/03/eri…
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Feb 6, 2020
There are a lot inaccuracies in here: the reason for contract soldiering in the #Gulf #GCC is NOT building a force that is more dispensable, or willing to take up arms against citizens - the primary reason is lack of indigenous capacity
carnegie-mec.org/2020/02/05/for…
Staffing a military with just 300,000 nationals in #Qatar or 1,300,000 in the #UAE is impossible - plus the parallel militaries (Emiri Guard, Presidential Guard, National Guard) there to protect the state are always staffed with nationals NOT foreigners
The use of contracted mercenaries not integrated into the chain of command of the armed forces and not wearing uniform such as in the #UAE is a different story and very much an exception
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