‘I was tricked into fighting for Russia’

‘I was tricked into fighting for Russia’

We speak to a Kenyan man who says he believed he was travelling to Russia to join a basketball team but was instead coerced into military service. He describes signing a contract in Russian, witnessing death in battle, and fighting in a war he says he never agreed to join.

Presenter: Charles Gitonga Producers: Carolyne Kiambo and Fana Negash. Technical Producer: Herbert Masua Senior Producer: Priya Sippy. Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla

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Rights group accuses RSF of crimes against humanity in Sudan

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Inside the temporary immigrant camps in South Africa

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