Former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who handed over power to new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, spoke for the first time about young people who have been in Eritrea for some time.
Farmajo, who has not spoken for a single day since the news broke, said 5,000 young soldiers had been deployed to Eritrea, who had completed their training.
Incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, meanwhile, has vowed to repatriate missing youths, whom he has previously described as fighting in the Tigray region, citing international sources.
For the past three years, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has turned a blind eye to the parents of his recruited children, who were taken to Qatar before being dumped in Eritrea.
One of the many reasons why the youths could not be returned was that they feared that they would obstruct Farmajo in the election, as his group had committed serious crimes against the soldiers.
By forcing Farmajo to take part in the Tigrean war in Ethiopia where many young people were killed, he also feared large-scale protests by the parents of the deceased youths.
Other sources say that the Qatari government has broken its earlier promise to pay for the training of the soldiers, which has led to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, who has millions of dollars in ransom for the soldiers.
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