#African Soldiers
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-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
![Thousands of Malians gather to celebrate the departure of the French anti-terrorist operation Barkhane, in Bamako, Mali, on February 19, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Thousands of Malians gather to celebrate the departure of the French anti-terrorist operation Barkhane, in Bamako, Mali, on February 19, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Two Kenyan nationals, recruited to the Russian Army stand near a Russian soldier, autumn 2025. (Source: HUR)]( "Two Kenyan nationals, recruited to the Russian Army stand near a Russian soldier, autumn 2025. (Source: HUR)")
![Russian Army POW Jean Bosco Akimana]( "Russian Army POW Jean Bosco Akimana")
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![Photo of Olena Blizniakova]( "Photo of Olena Blizniakova")
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- War in Ukraine
“I will say everything as it happened without leaving anything out, unless it's something I have forgotten,” a young African man says while sitting in a room in an undisclosed Ukrainian city. He is a soldier in the Russian army, captured by Ukrainian forces. The POW describes everything that happened to him, from the moment he decided to study in Russia.![Members of a Madagascar army contingent stand in a road near their camp near Antananarivo on October 11, 2025. Illustrative image. (Photo: RIJASOLO/AFP via Getty Images))]( "Russian Admission Reveals Military and Coercive Agenda Behind African “Russian Houses”")
![Richard from Uganda gives an interview after being caught. (Source: 63rd Brigade)]( "Richard from Uganda gives an interview after being caught. (Source: 63rd Brigade)")
![A destroyed military truck, reportedly part of a Russian Africa Corps convoy, lies mangled after an ambush near Ménaka, Mali. (Source: Butusov Plus)]( "A destroyed military truck, reportedly part of a Russian Africa Corps convoy, lies mangled after an ambush near Ménaka, Mali. (Source: Butusov Plus)")
-73e9c0fd8873a094288a7552f3ac2ab4.jpg "Photo of Olena Blizniakova")
