{
  "id": 1349939,
  "title": "Russia recruited nearly 3,000 people from 37 African countries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/russia-recruited-nearly-3-000-people-from-37-african-countries",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T17:57:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/russia-recruited-nearly-3-000-africans-into-its-military-ukraine-says-50633133.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russia has recruited at least 2,982 people from 37 African countries into its armed forces, 486 of whom have been killed, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry told Suspilne on Aug. 16.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}