Complicit Dossier

State-owned and co-opted commercial entities · foreign SOE / private investor consortium · UAE

AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment (Abu Amama port)

  • Context only
  • Grade B: CorroboratedStrongest record: corroborated

Also recorded as: Abu Dhabi Ports; Abu Amama

None after cancellation. A US$6bn preliminary agreement (Dec 2022) for a Red Sea port, free zone and farm project, with a US$300m central-bank deposit, was cancelled by Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim in Nov 2024 over alleged UAE support for the RSF. In Aug 2025 AD Ports and CMA CGM notices said UAE ports would not handle Port Sudan cargo.

Their response

  • The Emirati side did not comment publicly on the cancellation (MEMO).

Records

1

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Grade B: Corroborated

AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment (Abu Amama port)

2022-12 to 2024-11

None after cancellation. A US$6bn preliminary agreement (Dec 2022) for a Red Sea port, free zone and farm project, with a US$300m central-bank deposit, was cancelled by Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim in Nov 2024 over alleged UAE support for the RSF. In Aug 2025 AD Ports and CMA CGM notices said UAE ports would not handle Port Sudan cargo.

Response
The Emirati side did not comment publicly on the cancellation (MEMO).
Sanctions
None found in OFAC SDN / EU / UK lists checked 2026-10-03
  1. 1Middle East Monitor, 'Sudan cancels deal to establish port with the UAE' · middleeastmonitor.com · 5 Nov 2024
  2. 2Bloomberg via Mining.com, 'UAE ban on Sudan trade spurs hunt for alternative gold markets' · mining.com · 4 Sep 2025
  3. 3Sudan Tribune, 'Sudan grants Saudi companies priority in reconstruction projects' · sudantribune.com · 27 Jan 2026

NamesGibril IbrahimUAE

1 more record below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Relationships

1

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Other recorded relations · 1

1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Geography

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Based in
United Arab Emirates
Places
Port Sudan, Abu Amama

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

No relationship with another organisation or person is recorded for this actor.

›Possible links to investigate · 1