Sudanese general says 65% of RSF mercenaries hail from South Sudan

Yasir al-Atta said the Sudan has approached the South Sudan government in the last two years to bring that issue to their attention and to pinpoint the involvement of southern Sudanese opposition members in fighting alongside the RSF.
Khartoum: Altaghyeer
The Majority of mercenaries fighting alongside the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are South Sudanese, representing 65% of them while the rest are of Libyan, Chadian, Ethiopian, Central African, Syrian and some Colombian nationalities, as well as members of Wagner affiliates, said Assistant Commander in chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
The number of the Sudanese leaders within the RSF chain of command does not exceed 5%, General Yasir al-Atta argued.
Addressing soldiers at the headquarters of the 4th Infantry Division, al-Atta said the Sudan has approached the South Sudan government in the last two years to bring that issue to their attention and to pinpoint the involvement of southern Sudanese opposition members, the example of Steven Boy, in fighting alongside the RSF but to no avail and the south Sudan government failed to take any significant steps, not even denouncing these violations.
But al-Atta said he trust the wisdom of President Salva Kiir calling on South Sudan media and security organs to interfere and urge those mercenaries not to engage in a proxy war for the RSF.
He explained that the Sudan leadership is committed, in line with directives from General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan and General Shams Eddin Kabashi, to refrain from taking the law in their hands.
Last week videos footage showed some South Sudanese nationals being tortured inside al-Gezira State following the recovery of the region by SAF.
They were being accused of having collaborated with the RSF.
The incidents sparked violent protests in South Sudan cities.
At least five Sudanese were killed by angry southern Sudanese and properties vandalized and stores looted.