Sudan: Demonstrators Protesting Dispatch of Their Sons to Libya and Yemen by UAE Company.

Khartoum, 29 January 2020(Lana) Dozens of Sudanese demonstrated in front of the Foreign Ministry in Khartoum in protest against what they termed luring by a UAE company of their sons, to work as guards in the UAE then sending them to fight in Libya and Yemen. Women and men gathered at the main entrance of the Foreign Ministry with placards reading 'get back our sons', 'our sons are not for sale.' French news agency quoted protesters as saying 'their family members were granted entry visas to the UAE by a travel agent, after an ad in the local press demanding Sudanese men to work as guardship elements in the UAE company 'Black Shield', but said they lost contact with the relatives after leaving Sudan, to discover on the Internet that they have been sent to Libya and Yemen. The Sudanese News Agency said in a statement it was in contact with the Government in Abu Dhabi to verify the various aspects of this matter.' The Ministry said the information given by the families have reaffirmed that there was no commitment to the contract provisions in terms of nature of recruitment and place of work, which eventually led to transferring the afore-said citizens to work in oil fields in Libya. =Lana=