Sudan child soldiers recount horrors unleashed by RSF-hired mercenaries

article author: AP Author: By SAM MEDNICK, ISABEL DEBRE and ASTRID SUÁREZ | AP ID: 1785614293321526500 Thu, 2026-07-30 20: 09 KHARTOUM, Sudan: The teenage boy’s hands and legs were shackled to the anti-aircraft gun mounted on a pickup as Sudanese warplanes attacked. He saw another child chained to the steering wheel. As their captors sought cover, the terrified children were ordered to stay and shoot down the jets over the capital, Khartoum. If they tried to flee, they’d be killed by their captors — if the planes didn’t get them first. Main category: Middle East Tags: Sudan Unrest child soldiers Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF)

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