In Cameroon, the “Bring Back Our Sons and Brothers” collective organised a peaceful march on Wednesday, 28 October, to the Russian embassy. They are calling on Russia and the Cameroonian government to work together to dismantle networks recruiting Cameroonians clandestinely into the Russian army.
Promising job promises, departures to Russia, and then an alarming silence. In Cameroon, families are living in uncertainty about the fate of their relatives, who left abroad in the hope of finding a job, but who would have finally joined the ranks of the Russian army engaged in the war in Ukraine.