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How did a Kenyan man end up fighting in Ukraine? 'Mike', from Kenya, says he thought he was travelling to Russia to join a basketball team. Instead he was coerced into military service. Young men across Africa are receiving promises of jobs abroad, only to find themselves at the forefront of the Russia-Ukraine war. Ukraine says more than 1,700 people from 36 African countries are fighting alongside Russian forces. In Kenya, a new intelligence report suggests that more than 1,000 citizens may hav
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'We'd rather go back home and die from the war, than stay here and die from starvation.' Humanitarian conditions at refugee camps in Burundi are deteriorating following a surge of refugees fleeing fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United Nations says over one hundred thousand refugees have entered the country since early December, overwhelming local resources. Many camps and transit centres are struggling with overstretched health, water, and sanitation systems. | BBC News Africa
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