The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces spokesman, Brigadier Jamal Jumaa, said that a "joint security force" arrested 122 people who were heading to Libya to work as mercenaries, while denying the presence of Sudanese forces fighting there.
Juma explained - at a press conference in Al-Geneina city in the state of Darfur (West) - that 72 of those arrested will face charges under the emergency law, related to attacking the "Katrum" camp for the displaced in Darfur, buying weapons, child recruitment, inciting the state, provoking tribal strife and armed robbery, while The other 50 will be handed over to the police for suspected cases.
He added that the force - which is a joint force of the police, army, security and rapid support - arrested these groups in various areas of Darfur, including: Sarf Amra, Kabkabiya and Kalbis.
He continued that their arrest came after the availability of documented information that a number of the sons of Sudan are being recruited to work as mercenaries in Libya.
And Friday, Khartoum denied the existence of official Sudanese forces fighting in Libya.
He added that the Sudanese authorities are carrying out their duties to overcome the challenges facing the transitional period, including provoking tribal strife and uncertainties aimed at striking Sudan’s relations with neighboring countries, as well as the peace and economic challenges that the transitional government is striving to get out of.
Libya, the northwestern neighbor of Sudan, is suffering from armed conflict, as the militia of retired coup general Khalifa Haftar, the internationally recognized government, is fighting for legitimacy and power in the oil-rich country.
In the wake of the dismissal of the army leadership - on April 11, 2019 - Omar al-Bashir from Sudan’s presidency, in response to popular protests, a transition period began on August 21 last 39 months, and ends with elections.
Last April, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry denied the authenticity of the official Sudanese forces' participation alongside the Haftar militia in Libya.
The head of the transitional "sovereignty" council in Sudan, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, last November, also denied sending Sudanese soldiers to fight in Libya.
However, in late March, local media reported that the Libyan government had asked Sudan to withdraw its forces supporting the militia of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar.