Reuters published on 21 December 2022 an article titled "Somalia Repatriates Troops from Eritrea after Protests over Recruitment."
The previous Somali government sent an estimated 5,000 young men to Eritrea for military training under questionable circumstances. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who was elected in May 2022, has been trying to get them back to Somalia. A small number reportedly recently returned home.
