The Russian private military company Wagner on Wednesday denied reports of its activities in Sudan, saying it had nothing to do with the fighting that has been raging for the sixth day in the impoverished African country.

In March 2022, Western diplomats in Khartoum accused Wagner of, among other things, illegal gold mining in Sudan. She and the Sudanese military junta denied this.

“Due to the large number of requests from various foreign media about Sudan, most of which are provocative, we consider it necessary to inform all those interested that Wagner employees have not been in Sudan for more than two years,” the representative of the Russian mercenary said. companies via Telegram.

Wagner has not been in contact with either General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the junta, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, or Hameti, head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), for a long time, she assured.

The forces of the two generals have been engaged in open warfare since Saturday, which does not seem to stop despite the declared truce.

Always, according to Wagner, companies in which there are interests of its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin do not work in Sudan. The conflict in the country is an internal matter, he ruled.

The head of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, who is based in eastern Libya and opposes the Tripoli regime, on Thursday categorically denied any involvement in the civil war in Sudan.

In his statement, General Haftar stressed that he did not provide any assistance to either of the two warring parties in Sudan.

Egyptian military

Meanwhile, the Sudanese army announced that 177 Egyptian soldiers who had fallen into the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan had been airlifted to Egypt.

Earlier, the Egyptian army announced that it was “coordinating its efforts with the various competent authorities of Sudan for the safe return of all military personnel to the country.”

Egyptian soldiers have left Dongola in northern Sudan for their homeland, the general headquarters in Khartoum said.

Egypt’s armed forces were at an air base in northern Sudan for “joint training”, according to the general staff in Cairo, as the African country descended into chaos on Saturday.

Source: APE-MPE, Reuters.