Gaborone accuses Moscow of luring Batswana to battlefield

Russia A growing number of African countries are expressing concern about their citizens being recruited to fight for Russia in its war against Ukraine.

Without saying how many of its citizens were involved, Gaborone's foreign ministry claimed its nationals were duped into going to Russia and then forced into active combat." The Stop Russian Recruiters platform, which is linked to Ukraine's Ministry of Defence, says it's identified close to 3,000 African recruits, of which one in six have already been killed.