From Tigray to Sudan’s Front Lines… Prisoners’ Testimonies Raise Forced Recruitment Allegations

Videos circulating in Sudan show Tigrinya-speaking men described as being from Tigray and held by the Rapid Support Forces. One says he was forced to fight, while commentary accompanying the videos refers to promised monthly wages of $200 that were allegedly never paid. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has told Parliament that young people from Tigray were forcibly recruited and sent to Sudan. The International Crisis Group says several thousand Tigrayans, including former military personnel stranded in eastern Sudan, fought alongside the Sudanese army, though this does not establish that all were recruited by force.