David Lewis
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A $50 million hostage ransom funded al Qaeda's Mali offensive, UN says (opens the original)
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LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - An estimated $50 million ransom paid to free a hostage seized by al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali in late 2025 has helped to fund their advances across West Africa and the group's global network, U.N. experts said. A new U.N. report detailing the use of the ransom did not identify the hostage or say who had made the payment. Three regional sources identified the country having made the payment as the United Arab Emirates. The sources said that an Emirati citizen, as w
Exclusive-Boeings identified in Reuters report carried weapons for Sudanese paramilitary, UN experts find (opens the original)
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LONDON/CAIRO, July 29 (Reuters) - United Nations experts have found that Boeing 727s linked by Reuters to a U.S. military contractor's business network transported mercenaries, weapons and drones for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, according to a draft U.N. report due to be published in September. The findings provide additional important details about the role the aircraft played in supporting the RSF, the paramilitary force U.N. investigators have accused of committing genocide in Sudan's Darf
Exclusive-Boeings identified in Reuters report carried weapons for Sudanese paramilitary, UN experts find (opens the original)
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By David Lewis, Reade Levinson and Alexander Dziadosz LONDON/CAIRO, July 29 (Reuters) - United Nations experts have found that Boeing 727s linked by Reuters to a U.S. military contractor's business network transported mercenaries, weapons and drones for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, according to a draft U.N. report due to be published in September. The findings provide additional important details about the role the aircraft played in supporting the RSF, the paramilitary force U.N. investigators
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