Documents Without Authentic Seals and a Suspicious Video… Colombia Refutes Khartoum and Exposes Manipulation

Media disinformation campaigns against the UAE and Sudan entered a new stage with the promotion, by a Sudanese influencer living abroad and an Italian news agency, of fabricated stories about the presence of “Colombian mercenaries” fighting in Sudan. While some market these claims as “facts,” the evidence confirms that they are nothing more than the use of forged documents and suspicious videos as part of a paid and orchestrated campaign.

A Fabricated Document Exposing Lies

On August 14, 2025, Sudanese influencer Mohamed Abdel Rahman Hashim published on his “Facebook” account a document he claimed revealed the identity of the person responsible for bringing mercenaries from Colombia to the UAE and then to Sudan.

According to his narrative, retired Colombian Colonel Álvaro Quijano Becerra played a central role in the largest operation to recruit and transfer former soldiers for the Rapid Support Forces. However, technical analysis proved that the document was entirely forged:

• Absence of security features such as holograms and QR Codes that distinguish UAE Ministry of Interior licenses.
• Formatting inconsistent with official models in terms of fonts, spacing, and data presentation.
• Linguistic and formal errors in both Arabic and English texts, indicating the document was drafted outside official channels.
• Stamp and signature inconsistent with standards adopted in the UAE.
• Missing essential data such as commercial registration and registered address.

All these indicators clearly show that what Hashim published is nothing but a fabricated document created to serve a propaganda agenda against the UAE.

Italian Agency Recycles a Suspicious Video

In the same context, the Italian agency Agenzia Nova published a report about a video broadcast by a Sudanese resident in Britain on the “X” platform, claiming it showed a battalion of Colombian mercenaries hired by the UAE engaging the Sudanese army near a mosque in El-Fasher.

• The soldiers shown in the video wear the uniform of the Sudanese regular army, not that of any foreign force.
• The clip recycles an old narrative related to the so-called “attack on an Emirati plane in Nyala,” a story previously debunked.
• The agency’s reliance on an anonymous source and solely on a social media platform raises questions about its professionalism and credibility.

Financial Motives

Mohamed Hashim is known to operate under a prepaid system, “pay-to-publish,” relying on controversial content to attract engagement and fund his activity. The Italian agency and certain platforms abroad also invested in recycling these allegations to create a misleading impression linking the UAE to the mercenary file.

The goal of this campaign is clear: to tarnish the image of the UAE as a supporter of stability and attempt to associate it with proxy war scenarios in Sudan. Yet documented facts confirm that the UAE adheres to international law and no violation related to the recruitment or transfer of mercenaries has been attributed to it.

In line with media responsibility, it is affirmed that what is being circulated in the form of documents and videos about “Colombian mercenaries” is a coordinated disinformation campaign, based on falsified materials and political and promotional agendas.

It is also confirmed that:

• The published document is entirely forged and carries no official status.
• The circulated video is misleading and shows Sudanese soldiers, not mercenaries.