A growing number of young Africans, lured by promises of civilian jobs in Russia, find themselves forced into military service in Ukraine amidst the ongoing conflict, as recruitment agencies exploit high unemployment and desperation across the continent, with only a small fraction managing to return home alive. #RussiaUkraineWar #AfricanYouth #FalseRecruitment #KEN #RUS #UKR #TZA #ZMB #ZAF #NGA #GHA #TGO #BWA #MLI #EGY #CMR
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How the Kremlin Lures Africans Into Russia's War in Ukraine
Matthew Mpoke Bigg reported from Nairobi, Kenya, reviewed documents from men who had gone to Russia and spoke to a survivor of the war and families of people killed or missing.
