Russia luring Africans to fight Ukraine

Recent reports suggest that Russia is duping Africans into
joining its depleted military to fight Ukraine – bolstering
ranks for its “meat grinder” approach to warfare

Western
Sahara
disputed
territory

LBA
TUN
MTN
NIG
NGR
CHA
SUD 
DJI
ETH
SOM
KEN
TAN
ZAM
ANG
BEN
GAB 
CGO
ZIM
RSA
MAD
RWA
UGA
BDI
CAF
MAR
TOG
CIV
SLE
GUI

Egypt
Cameroon
Ghana
Algeria
Gambia
Mali

It is worth noting that other sources
believe number of Africans joining
Russia’s military to be higher –
Kenya’s intelligence agency, for
example, puts number of Kenyans
recruited at more than 1,000

Data sourced from
INPACT’s All Eyes
on Wagner project

WHERE RUSSIA
IS RECRUITING
FROM

Total:
1,431

Egypt
361

Cameroon
335

Ghana
234

Algeria
56

Gambia
56

Mali
51

Others*
338

*Kenya (45), Nigeria (36), South Africa (32), Morocco (28), Burundi (19), Togo (18), Sudan (17),
Benin (15), Congo (15), Senegal (14), Cote d’Ivoire (11), Ethiopia (10), Guinea (9), Niger (9), Sierra
Leone (9), Tanzania (9), Tunisia (7), Uganda (7), Libya (6), Zimbabwe (6), Mauritania (3), Angola (2),
Cent. African Rep. (2), Chad (2), Somalia (2), Zambia (2), Gabon (1), Madagascar (1), Rwanda (1)

Sources: INPACT, Reuters, Africa Defense Forum
Picture: Getty Images
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