Wagner recruits Africans held in Russian prisons. Two have died in Ukraine.

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In recent months reports have emerged that at least two men, one from Zambia and another from Tanzania, were killed while fighting for the Wagner group in Ukraine. Wagner reportedly recruited the men from Russian prisons, promising them freedom. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

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