A scandal erupted in Kenya after it became known that a Kenyan athlete was captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He had been deceived into signing a contract with russia\u2019s ministry of defense. The government of Kenya has already launched an official investigation into the possible sale of its citizens into slavery for the russian army.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f According to Kenya\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, several of its citizens may have been captured. They were transported to russia through fraudulent schemes and sent to the frontline.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f This is not the first case of russia exploiting Africans for its war purposes. Earlier, it was revealed that women from South Africa were being massively recruited for \u201cwork\u201d in the \u201cAlabuga\u201d special economic zone. In reality, they were forced to work in the production of military drones used by russia to attack Ukrainian cities.<\/p>\n
Such stories demonstrate the true nature of moscow\u2019s policy toward Africa. Behind the rhetoric of \u201cfighting colonialism,\u201d russia is in fact reviving colonial practices, exploiting Africans as cheap labor and \u201ccannon fodder\u201d for its aggressive war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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