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Published on: 02/16/2026 - 2:24 p.m.

For several months, the presence of African fighters in the ranks of the Russian army in Ukraine had been documented, but little was known about their fate in the war, their countries of origin or even their identity. Several recently published reports allow us to learn more and put our finger on what appears to be human trafficking organized by Moscow to counter the considerable losses its army is suffering on the Ukrainian front. Let's talk about it with François Mazet, journalist in RFI's Africa department, Thierry Vircoulon, associate researcher at the Sub-Saharan Africa Center of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI), and Lou Osborn, Member of INPACT/All Eyes on Wagner.

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