The UN has been working to evacuate African mercenaries and fighters since June

NEW YORK - The United Nations aims to begin the withdrawal of African mercenaries and fighters present in Libya at the beginning of next June. This was reported by the UAE newspaper "Al Bayan", quoted by Nova news, explaining that some Western countries are trying to persuade Libya's neighboring countries to let their armed citizens currently present in Gaddafi's former Jamahiriya return. The newspaper speaks of "important Western incentives" to ensure the repatriation of fighters - especially Sudanese and Chadians - in agreement with the governments of the countries of origin.

According to International Crisis Group (ICG) senior analyst Claudia Gazzini, the withdrawal of Chadian and Sudanese fighters and mercenaries from Libya requires three things: a real will; a counterpart in the respective countries willing to cooperate; political and military conditions for repatriation. "As you can imagine, not all countries, especially Chad and partly even Sudan, hope for a return of these fighters, some of whom are members of the armed opposition", Gazzini told "Nova", commenting on the tour initiated by the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, in Sudan, Chad and Niger with the aim of agreeing on the withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign fighters from Libya and ensure the security of the borders of the Sahel.