Complicit Dossier

State-owned and co-opted commercial entities · mobile operator, subsidiary of Zain Group (Kuwait) · Sudan / Kuwait

Zain Sudan (Sudanese Mobile Telephone (Zain) Co. Ltd)

  • Commercial or professional counterparty
  • Grade B: CorroboratedStrongest record: corroborated
  • 1 documented tie

Also recorded as: Mobitel (former)

Ordinary commerce: licensed operator paying taxes/fees to the Port Sudan authorities. No documented support to the military in sources read.

Response

No response is recorded. Named parties have not yet been asked for comment.

Records

1

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Grade B: Corroborated

Zain Sudan (Sudanese Mobile Telephone (Zain) Co. Ltd)

Ordinary commerce: licensed operator paying taxes/fees to the Port Sudan authorities. No documented support to the military in sources read.

Why this grade
B (company results as reported by press); C (shareholder percentages)
›Research notes

Tax and licence payments by Zain Sudan to the government were not quantified; Zain's annual report should be read directly.

  1. 1Kuwait Times: Zain Group marks a year of exceptional growth in 2025 · kuwaittimes.com · 17 Feb 2026read via summary
  2. 2Wikipedia: Zain Group (shareholders; Sudan acquisition) · en.wikipedia.orgread via summary

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

Relationships

1

← means the other party acts on this one; → means this one acts on the other.

Ownership and control · 1

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

1 more relationship at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Geography

Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.

Based in
Sudan, Kuwait
Places
Port Sudan

Position in the network

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

No documented chain links this actor to the SAF.

›Possible links to investigate · 1