From Andes to Sudan’s killing fields

Sudanese army soldiers parading in the streets of eastern Sudan’s city of Gedaref in this file pic from Aug 14, 2025, to mark the 71st anniversary of the formation of the Sudanese army. — AFP

HUNDREDS of Colombian ex-soldiers were drawn to Sudan with the promise of lucrative Emirati salaries.

What many found instead was death in a faraway war marked by mass killing, rape, famine and child recruitment.