Report reveals extent of Kenyan deaths on Russian frontline

A new report has documented the scale of African casualties on the war's front lines, France 24 reports. The data identifies nearly three thousand Africans recruited to fight on the Ukrainian front, with roughly one in six already killed. France 24 says the findings came alongside word that Ebola is now spreading faster in the Democratic Republic of Congo than in any previous outbreak, and that Algeria is battling a wave of devastating wildfires.

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