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Young Somali recruits were sent to train in military camps in Eritrea in 2019. But their relatives say they do not know what has become of them. And rumors of their fate are popping up. The soldiers are suspected of having had to leave the training camps to reach the Tigray region of Ethiopia to take part in the fighting along with the Eritrean troops.…

Prime Minister's commission on Somalia's 'missing' soldiers in Tigray conflict dismissed MOGADISHU, Somalia - The commission of inquiry into missing Somali soldiers suspected of having played a role in the Tigray war could be reviewed again, following the latest protest from the opposition, which wants an independent and neutral team given the responsibilities. In a statement, the union of…

An army vehicle jumped on an improvised explosive device this Saturday, June 12. Three soldiers were killed, according to Chief of the General Staff of the Armies, General Lassina Doumbia. It happened in Tehini, the night before Saturday to Sunday, in the area where an Ivorian soldier has already died earlier this week after a jihadist attack.…

EXCLUSIVE: Senior officials behind missing soldiers in Eritrea exposed NAIROBI, Kenya - When thousands of young Somalis gathered in Mogadishu in 2019, they were officially told they would be heading to Qatar for military training. Their destination would turn out to be wrong. But Qatar's role in the now controversial military training of Somali youth in Eritrea has remained. Days after a…

Somalia: Farmajo accused of "selling" soldiers to fight TPLF in Tigray MOGADISHU, Somalia - Outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has again come under pressure on a number of young people who are said to be training in Eritrea, following reports that they have participated in the Tigray war which has left thousands dead in the north. from Ethiopia. A report filed by the UN…

Somalia: Farmajo blamed for deployment of Somali soldiers in Tigray MOGADISHU, Somalia - Hours after a report by the UN special rapporteur on the violation of human rights by Eritrean troops leaked, outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was accused of authorizing the deployment of trainee soldiers in the Tigray region, which has given rise to current concern. In the report, the…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali troops training in Eritrea took part in the Tigray War that left thousands dead and displaced tens of thousands, according to a special UN human rights report, which could further complicate the crisis in Ethiopia. From November 2020, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and their Eritrean counterparts pitched tents in the Tigray region in pursuit of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray combatants, but numerous reports have linked them to gross human rights violations. The operation…

Conflicts between soldiers and young recruits left at least one dead and 18 injured, two of them seriously, according to a security source. The facts took place on Thursday, June 3, in a military camp in Moussoro, a city 293 kilometers north of Ndjamena in the Bahr El Ghazel department. At the beginning of the clashes, recruitment was considered discriminatory. The authorities deny.…

At least 25 Al-Shabaab militants in Ops Somalia before the election MOGADISHU, Somalia - Operations masterminded by the Somali National Army continue to bear fruit, especially in central Somalia, where al-Shabaab militants have suffered major setbacks in the past two weeks, after many warriors were killed. On Tuesday, SNA forces announced further deaths of 25 al-Shabaab soldiers in the Hiraan…

How far does the Eritrean army's intervention in Ethiopia continue? Since the beginning of November, troops from Asmara have been present in large numbers in the province of Tigray, where they are fighting together with Addis Ababa against the TPLF rebels. Today, the main opposition party in the Oromia region also accuses the Eritreans of intervening in support of Ethiopian soldiers in the western part…