{
  "id": 19514236,
  "title": "Promised Jobs, Sent to War",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/promised-jobs-sent-to-war",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T15:21:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2026-11-11-promised-jobs-sent-to-war/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Promised lucrative civilian work, thousands of young Africans have instead been recruited to fight on Russian front lines in Ukraine. African governments face mounting pressure to protect their citizens, investigate trafficking networks, and demand answers from Moscow.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}