Russia’s information operations in Africa expanded significantly since 2022, even if those efforts remain largely unnoticed against the much more visible…
Gone after leaving “for work”
Mercenaries wanted
Through deception, willingly, or out of necessity
The propaganda of nostalgia and hope
Empire of propaganda: media, culture, and the African MAX
NAIROBI: More than 1,000 Kenyans have gone to fight for the Russian army in Ukraine, most of them tricked into signing military…
Russia recruits thousands of African fighters for its war in Ukraine, often through deceptive agencies promising civilian jobs…
More than 1,000 Kenyans and people from 36 African nations are fighting for Russia, many of them recruited fraudulently.
NAIROBI: The scars on Victor’s forearm remind him constantly of the day a Ukrainian drone attacked him after he was forcibly…
Intelligence findings given to parliament say ‘rogue’ agencies and individuals recruiting Kenyan nationals to frontline
Desperate migrants lured to Moscow by fake job adverts are used to bolster Putin’s depleted invasion forces
