Abiy Ahmed Accuses Sudan Army of Forcibly Recruiting Tigray Fighters

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has accused the Sudanese army of forcibly recruiting Tigray youth to fight in Sudan, amid mutual allegations of foreign involvement.

• Abiy Ahmed told Ethiopia’s parliament on Tuesday that Tigray youth are forcibly recruited and sent to fight in Sudan, where they die in a war they do not understand.
• The Ethiopian government has stated it received information that Tigray fighters have been fighting alongside the Sudanese army since the war’s first year.
• RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo said in October 2024 that Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan uses foreign fighters including Ethiopian Tigray.
• The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution condemning all external interference fueling Sudan’s conflict, proposed by the UK and supported by several European countries.