A new data released over the weekend by Journalists for Justice Investigative Report has revealed that over 3,000 Africans have been recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine.
The data said a total of 3,034 African nationals drawn from 40 countries are participating in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Kenya leads the documented figures by a wide margin, accounting for 841 recruits. Egypt follows as the second-highest source nation with 407 individuals documented, closely trailed by Cameroon with 383 recruits.
West and East African nations also feature prominently in the breakdown. Ghana accounts for 337 documented recruits, while Nigeria records 214 individuals.
Uganda registers the lowest figure among the listed countries, with 108 nationals documented.
The remaining balance of the 3,034 total is distributed across the rest of the nations monitored in the findings.
Over the weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his country will no longer recruit Kenyan citizens into the Russian military to fight in the Ukraine conflict.
In a statement Moscow issued over the weekend that Kenyans will be exempted from recruitment as combatants in the war following a deal with officials from Nairobi to that effect.
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